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primrose path

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primrose path
n.
1. A way of life of worldly ease or pleasure.
2. A course of action that seems easy and appropriate but can actually end in calamity.
primrose path
n
(often preceded by the) a pleasurable way of life
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Noun1.primrose path - a life of ease and pleasure
path, way of life, way - a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
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Ms Jenkins said she was worried how people might react to the drugs admission, but I think she can rest assured: we're all just thankful she didn't stray as far down the primrose path as the seemingly tragic (and equally talented) Amy Winehouse, with whose voice Duffy's has sometimes been compared.
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