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"etymology_text": "From Christopher Marlowe's poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (1599).",
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"ref": "1929 December, Betty Boone, “The Price of this Stardom”, in Screenland, page 23",
"text": "Just speak to the stars about the bed of roses which is popularly supposed to be their resting place in the rarified atmosphere of the stellar regions!",
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"ref": "1977, Freddie Mercury (lyrics and music), “We Are the Champions”, in News of the World, performed by Queen",
"text": "I thank you all / But it's been no bed of roses / No pleasure cruise",
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"word": "bowl of cherries"
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"word": "na růžích ustláno"
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"code": "da",
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"word": "dans på roser"
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"note": "ruusuilla tanssimista (always in partitive)",
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "long fleuve tranquille"
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"word": "Zuckerschlecken"
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"word": "usłany różami"
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"word": "mar de rosas"
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"word": "camino de rosas"
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"word": "Zuckerschlecken"
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