meaning of "everything in the garden is lovely"

[mona ahmed zaki]

English Idioms and Expressions, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #4 "How Mary fell in love", question 10

A few months later they decided to knock down the adjoining wall and now everything in the garden is lovely.

(a) the flowers are growing
(b) everything is perfect
(c) everything is growing
(d) everything is flowering

English Idioms and Expressions, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #4 "How Mary fell in love", answer 10

A few months later they decided to knock down the adjoining wall and now everything is perfect.

Correct answer: (b) everything is perfect
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meaning of everything in the garden is lovely

mona ahmed zaki

[Ralf]

Hi Mona,

everything in the garden is lovely=everything is perfect

Please note that "an idiom is a term or phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definitions and the arrangement of its parts, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through common use".

I love football, it's the bee's knees.

the bee's knees=the best

Take care,

Ralf
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[Yankee]

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"Everything in the garden is lovely" is not a commonly used idiom in my neck of the woods. In fact, I can't recall ever having heard it used.
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[Torsten]

Hi Amy,

To use Alanis Morissette's words -- you live, you learn ;-).

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[Yankee]