bed of roses

The road to where we are now has not been a bed of roses.

"This hasn't all been a bed of roses."

“Chivalry may not have been a bed of roses for those forced to lie in it,” Judge Keenan said about the dress code in her opinion.

Looking back, I realize it wasn't a bed of roses for him.

Those pieces included small beds of roses and other items as well as a few dozen “nature carpets”—large rectangles decorated with foam pumpkins, cabbages, and watermelons.