death is not a bed of tulips?
The expression "garden of roses" means that everything is going exceptionally well for someone.
LITERALLY it means either "I will plant some roses for you" or "I will make a bed for you out of some roses."
a thorn among the roses
A situation of easy living. The metaphorical roses apparently lack thorns (or, for the dreadfully correct, prickles). Usage is invariably in the negative, i.e., "NO bed of roses," communicating that the subject of the conversation faces struggle and difficulty.
This sounds like a conflation of two different things, the Land of Milk and Honey, which is "the promised land" or an earthly paradise; and the Days of Wine and Roses, which is our carefree young-adulthood.
Five red roses means the person loves another very much. One rose given to a person means love at first sight.
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No there is no such bad meaning. It depends on how you take it. It can be a gesture of friendship revival or anything.
Bunch of roses
He's Dedicated to Roses is similar.
The meaning of 11 red roses: the color of roses; the number of roses each has got their meaning. Do you know that 11 roses represent "You are my treasured one; the one I love most in my life" whereas 15 roses represent "I am truly sorry, please forgive me"? Now isn't that a total twist of the meaning for the roses you gave? What had meant to be a message of love has just turned into a message of apology; implying you was guilty of something?
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