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.
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primrose path
n
the primrose path a pleasurable way of life
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prim′rose path′
n.
1. a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism.
2. any irresponsible course of action.
[1595–1605]
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primrose path
A life of pleasure and ease.
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Noun | 1. | 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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