days of wine and roses

American  

noun

1. a period of happiness and prosperity.

---

Example Sentences

And we end the interview on a philosophical note - as he recites "They are not long, the days of wine and roses" from an Ernest Dowson poem and muses on the fleeting nature of life.

From BBC

Among the nominees are “The Notebook,” “The Outsiders” and “Days of Wine and Roses,” based on three movies: a 2004 Nicholas Sparks romance, a 1983 coming-of-age crime drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola and a 1962 Blake Edwards melodrama about alcoholism.

From New York Times

Craig Lucas, an award-winning playwright drawn to musicals, took on the challenge of adapting with composer and lyricist Adam Guettel “Days of Wine and Roses,” which I saw last year off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company’s Linda Gross Theater.

From Los Angeles Times

As New York magazine theater critic Sara Holdren recently wrote of new musical “Days of Wine and Roses,” “If the show — if any show — strikes someone, somewhere, for some reason, to the heart, well, so shines a good deed in a weary world,” and she’s right.

From Seattle Times

As origin stories go, the transformation of “Days of Wine and Roses” from a movie into a musical is a straight shot, with a twist.

From New York Times