rainbows and unicorns

Meaning: (idiomatic)Awonderful(but oftenunrealistic)scenario.Synonyms:sunshine and rainbows,rainbows and butterflies;see alsoThesaurus:pleasureAntonym:doom and gloom2008, Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson, “Introduction: We’ve Had Enough … Have You?”, inWhy Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke—The Simple Change that can Make Your Job Terrific, New York, N.Y.: Portfolio,→ISBN:In a Results-Only Work Environment, people can do whatever they want, whenever they want, as long as the work gets done.[…]You get paid for a chunk of work, not for a chunk of time. We realize that this sounds too good to be true. This kind of freedom and control and trust sounds like the stuff ofrainbows and unicorns. But this idea didn't come out of the blue.2015, Brian Hawkins, Lily Chiu-Watson, “Appendix A: Interviews with Target Professionals”, inAdobe Target: A Guide for Marketing, Business, and IT Professionals(Classroom in a Book: The Official Training Workbook from Adobe), San Jose, Calif.:AdobePress,→ISBN,page188:Don't get me wrong; it is not allrainbows and unicorns.[…]Despite my extensive experience with offline experimental design (from clinical trials to testing the effectiveness of direct mail marketing), I found the online testing space extremely challenging.2017, Daniel S. Traber, “Introduction: Kill Yr. Culture”, inCulturcide and Non-identity across American Culture, Lanham, Md.; London: Lexington Books,Rowman & Littlefield,→ISBN,page xxvi:Keep in mind that none of this is guaranteed to end withrainbows and unicorns. Like any idea, notions such as "culturcide" and "the culture of one" can be used by people to achieve what will strike a particular society or group or individual as negative effects; nonetheless, I hope to keep things mostly upbeat.2017March 1, Anthony Zurcher, “Trump addresses Congress: A kinder, gentler president”, inBBC News‎[1], archived fromthe originalon5 June 2017:Just a few days earlier, the president [Donald Trump] had remarked that "nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated". Now he's promisingrainbows and unicorns.

Examples:

EN: They make it sound all nice with rainbows and unicorns.
ES: Lo hacen parecer todo muy lindo, con arco iris y unicornios.
EN: How motherhood is all about rainbows and unicorns and sunny days and...
ES: Que la maternidad se trata de arco iris, unicornios y días soleados y...
EN: - sound like rainbows and unicorns.
ES: - ...parecen inocentes en comparación.
EN: Well, they want rainbows and unicorns.
ES: - Quieren arcoíris y unicornios.
EN: Oh, yeah, it's all rainbows and unicorns.
ES: Oh, sí, todo son arco iris y unicornios.
EN: He's trying, but it's not all rainbows and unicorns over there, you know?
ES: Él lo intenta, pero no todo son arcoiris y unicornios.
EN: Back when you two were in love and it was all rainbows and unicorns.
ES: Antes, cuando estaban enamorados y todo era arcoíris y unicornios.
EN: - She has a very fantastical sort of outlook on life about rainbows and unicorns and all. But I just don't think it was very well executed.
ES: Tiene una visión fantástica de la vida, sobre arco iris, unicornios y todo eso, pero no creo que haya estado bien ejecutado.
EN: Lifeisn'tabout rainbows and unicorns, Ivy.
ES: La vida no es acerca de arco iris y unicornios, Ivy.
EN: You think everything is rainbows and unicorns.
ES: ¡Eres tan malditamente optimista! ¡Anda!
EN: He had this notion that when I met the folks, it was gonna be all rainbows and unicorns.
ES: Tenía esa idea de que cuando conozco a la gente, todo va ser arco iris y unicornios.
EN: Why couldn't you have written stories about rainbows and unicorns?
ES: Historias ¿Por qué no has escrito sobre el arco iris y unicornios?
EN: What do you think, it's all rainbows and unicorns over there?
ES: ¿Qué crees? ¿Que allí son todo arco iris y unicornios?
EN: Sue cracked herself open and found more than just rainbows and unicorns.
ES: Sue se abrió y encontró más que solo arcoiris y unicornios.
EN: It was still mostly rainbows and unicorns, 'cause let's face it, Sue is always gonna be Sue.
ES: Aún eran más arcoiris y unicornios, porque es cierto, Sue siempre será Sue.

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