"bowl of cherries" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-bowl of cherries.ogg [Australia] Forms: bowls of cherries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|bowls of cherries}} bowl of cherries (plural bowls of cherries)
  1. (idiomatic) An enjoyable experience. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: peaches and cream, pleasure
    Sense id: en-bowl_of_cherries-en-noun-SawRkjel Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1931, Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries",
          "text": "Life is just a just a bowl of cherries / Don't take it serious, it's too mysterious / You work, you save, you worry so / But you can't take it with you when you / go, go, go. / Oh, life is just a bowl of cherries / so live and laugh at it all.",
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        "(idiomatic) An enjoyable experience."
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