(the) primrose path
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The Primrose Path — Infobox Book | name = The Primrose Path image caption = author = Bram Stoker illustrator = cover artist = country = Ireland language = English genre = Novel publisher = Shamrock Magazine release date = 1875 media type = Print Periodical (Hardback … Wikipedia
(the) primrose path — literary if you lead someone down the primrose path, you encourage them to live an easy life that is full of pleasure but bad for them. Unable to enjoy his newly acquired wealth, he felt he was being led down the primrose path that leads to… … New idioms 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 path — The primrose path is an easy and pleasurable lifestyle, but one that ends in unpleasantness and problems … The small dictionary of idiomes
primrose path — The primrose path is an easy and pleasurable lifestyle, but one that ends in unpleasantness and problems. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Primrose path — The primrose path is an easy and pleasurable lifestyle, but one that ends in unpleasantness and problems … Dictionary of English idioms
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 — 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 path — noun Date: 1601 1. a path of ease or pleasure and especially sensual pleasure < himself the primrose path of dalliance treads Shakespeare > 2. a path of least resistance … New Collegiate Dictionary
primrose path — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s Hamlet. Ophelia: Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, Whiles, like a puff d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his… … Meaning and origin of phrases
