- primrose way
- primrose path or primrose way noun (from Shakespeare, Hamlet and Macbeth)The life of pleasure• • •Main Entry: ↑primrose
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primrose path — noun a life of ease and pleasure • Hypernyms: ↑way, ↑path, ↑way of life * * * noun 1. : a path of ease or pleasure had made some progress in the primrose path of Epicurean wisdom George Santayana especially … Useful english dictionary
Primrose Path — The idiom= To be led down the primrose path is a common idiom suggesting that one is being deceived or led astray, often by a hypocrite.An early appearance of the phrase in print occurs in Shakespeare s 1602 play Hamlet (Act I, Scene III), where… … Wikipedia
Primrose Hill railway station — Primrose Hill The station in 1986 Location Place Primrose Hill … Wikipedia
Primrose Cumming — (1915 2004) was a British writer of children s books. Primrose Cumming Her writing career spanned over 30 years, and produced some fine examples of the pony book genre, combining accurate observation of human and equine with a certain wry humour … Wikipedia
Primrose Brook — is a tributary of the Passaic River located in the Jockey Hollow section of the Morristown National Historical Park of northern New Jersey. Arising from this undisturbed birthplace, Primrose Brook flows through the least developed sub watershed… … Wikipedia
Primrose (musical) — Infobox Musical name= Primrose subtitle= caption= music= George Gershwin lyrics= Desmond Carter and Ira Gershwin book= Guy Bolton and George Grossmith Jr. basis= productions= 1924 West End awards= Primrose is a musical in three acts with a book… … Wikipedia
Primrose Hill — infobox UK place static static image caption= View of Central London from Primrose Hill hide services = yes country = England region= London official name= Primrose Hill latitude= 51.5416 longitude= 0.1568 london borough= Camden constituency… … Wikipedia
primrose — /ˈprɪmroʊz / (say primrohz) noun 1. any plant of the genus Primula (family Primulaceae), comprising perennial herbs with variously coloured flowers, especially P. vulgaris, a common yellow flowered European species. 2. → evening primrose. 3. pale …
primrose path — 1. a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow. 2. a course of action that is easy or tempting but hazardous: the primrose… … Universalium
primrose — prim|rose [ˈprımrəuz US rouz] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: primerose, probably from prime first + rose rose ] 1.) a small wild plant with pale yellow flowers, or the flower from this plant ▪ a bunch of primroses 2.) also primrose… … Dictionary of contemporary English
