See rainbows and unicorns on Wiktionary
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"text": "Don't get me wrong; it is not all rainbows 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.",
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