The primrose path represents an easy life focused on pleasure or a path of least resistance that leads to disaster.
The primrose path represents an easy life focused on pleasure or a path of least resistance that leads to disaster.
| Front | primrose path \PRIM-rohz path\ |
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| Back | noun 1. An easy life, especially devoted to sensual pleasure. 2. A path of least resistance, especially one that ends in disaster. [From Latin prima rosa (first rose). Earliest documented use: 1604. It's not clear why "primrose" was picked for naming this metaphorical path. Perhaps Shakespeare chose the word for alliteration -- the word is first attested in his Hamlet] "Meanwhile, Katich clung on; the primrose path is not for him. The road is strewn with rocks." |
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