Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bowl of cherries

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: bowl of cher-ries
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enjoyable experience.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Life is just a just a bowl of cherries / Don't take it serious, it's too mysterious / You work, you save, you worry so / But you can't take it with you when you / go, go, go. / Oh, life is just a bowl of cherries / so live and laugh at it all."
"Della thought it meant that you just get your bowl of cherries in life and that's your lot and you eat them one by one and then you die."
"She did not believe that life was a bowl of cherries, and she never had."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

bowls of cherries (plural)

Synonyms

peaches and cream beatitude bliss delectation delight ecstasy euphoria lust nirvana pleasure rapture ravishment

Questions

What does bowl of cherries mean?: An enjoyable experience.

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