Butterflies and cupcakes

[rohanasm]

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?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes.

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

 

[emsr2d2]

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

 

[Rover_KE]

Also 'It won't be a bed of roses'.

 

[probus]

Also 'It won't be a bed of roses'.

And in AmE, "it won't be all beer and skittles."

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

And in AmE, "it won't be all beer and skittles."

I think that's British.

 

[probus]

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.

 

[Skrej]

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.....

 

[Tdol]

I think that's British.

It is used in the UK.

 

[jazzz8]

Have not heard of this before - good to know!

 

[moodybuddie]

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

 

[emsr2d2]

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"!