It’s no walk in the roses
Posted: March 23, 2026 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: expressions, humor, language, malaphors, mixed idioms, People's Pharmacy, words 1 CommentThis one was heard on “The People’s Pharmacy” podcast, show 1461. Occurs around the 12:40 mark. Here is the excerpt:

This is a congruent conflation of “no bed of roses” and “no walk in the park”, both referring to something that is not easy to accomplish. I suppose that is true unless you have been honored to walk in the Rose Parade, right? Kudos to Yvonne Stam for hearing this one and sending it in.

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