Butterflies and cupcakes

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rohanasm

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Does the following sentence aimed at a patient with a serious disease "Your journey won't be butterflies and cupcakes" mean that it won't be anything pleasant?
 
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Yes.

Common: It won't be a walk in the park.
 

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And in BrE, you'll hear "It won't be all hearts and flowers".
 

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Also 'It won't be a bed of roses'.
 

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Maybe British. As a youngster in Canada, I used to drink beer and play skittles in my local tavern. But Canada in some respects is a middle ground between AmE and BrE.
 

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I completely forgot that skittles was a type of bowling game, having never actually seen it or played it. I kept reading 'skittles' as the candy.....
 

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Have not heard of this before - good to know!
 

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So strange saying. Is it a new phrase, I've never heard it before?
 

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So strange a saying. (More commonly, "That's such a strange saying".)

Is it a new phrase? I've never heard it before.

Note my corrections above. It's not a new phrase, I don't think. Mind you, that depends what you call "new"!
 
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