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French
Pronunciation
Noun
long fleuve tranquille m (uncountable)
- (figuratively) bed of roses, smooth sailing
- La vie n’est pas un long fleuve tranquille. ― Life is not all beer and skittles.
2018 March 12, Gilles Lareau, “G.R. c. K.E., 2018 QCCQ 3506”, in CanLII, retrieved 9 May 2023:K.E. et G.R. sont ex-conjoints. Ils ont été mariés de 1984 à 2004 et ont eu deux enfants. Leur vie de couple n’a pas été un long fleuve tranquille.- K.E. and G.R. are ex-spouses. They were married from 1984 to 2004 and had two children. Their life as a couple was not smooth sailing.
Usage notes
Chiefly used in negative sentences.