everything in the garden is rosy
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Meaning · English
All is well and going smoothly
Literally: all plants in the garden are healthy
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
To be fair, the C E C have not tried to say that everything in the garden is rosy, they've also highlighted a number of problem areas that still exist.
‘ We won't let them sit back and talk amongst themselves, as if everything in the garden is rosy,’ she explained earnestly.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “everything in the garden is rosy” mean?
All is well and going smoothly Literally: all plants in the garden are healthy
Is “everything in the garden is rosy” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.