Yes, the sentence "life is a bowl of cherries" is a metaphorical idiom. It is a metaphor comparing life to a bowl of cherries, suggesting that life is sweet and pleasant.
"Life is just a bowl of cherries" is a popular idiom that at one point was made into a song. It simply means that life is good and everything is going great!
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It is supposed to mean life is easy and good.
:) life doesn't always turn out how you planned <3
It is a twist of the cliche "Life isn't a bowl of cherries". Decades ago, I saw an illustration, similar to that by Mary Engelbreit, but not identical (google it). A chair stacked precariously with bowls. Life is precarious, whereas, a bowl of cherries is bliss. I chanced to be searching for the illustration I remember, when I came upon this question. Why, yes. It is cherry season in Switzerland, and I'm about to make a pie.
Erma Bombeck included some of her famous quotes about life in her books "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" and "A Marriage Made in Heaven... Or Too Tired for an Affair." Her humorous and insightful quotes often reflect on the challenges and joys of everyday life.
While there may have been an earlier usage, the first time this expression became popular was back in 1931, when it was the title of a hit song, and was also in a Broadway musical. The meaning is that life is sweet and delightful, especially when you are in love.
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Just Once in My Life was created in 1965.