come up roses

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)To enter into a condition or situation which isfavorable; to develop in apleasingoradvantageousmanner.1978,Hubert Selby,Requiem for a Dream,→ISBN,page127:All of a sudden, or so it seemed, the world had turned around and they werecoming up roses. Now, instead of the bottle being half empty it was suddenly half full, and getting closer and closer to the top.1985,Stephen Longstreet,Our Father's House‎[1],→ISBN, page233:"Buck up, mister. Why, with your background, your knowledge, you'llcome up roses."2006,Suzanne Finstad,Warren Beatty: A Private Man‎[2],→ISBN, page221:[E]verythingcame up rosesfor Warren Beatty. The all-important New York Times review by Brooks Atkinson called him "earnest and attractive".

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