Meanings
- idiomaticironicoftenpluralplural onlyIdeal romance.
When that attention is one sided or become^([sic]) lacking, you can't expect everything to be wonderful and all hearts and flowers in the home or the bedroom.
2016, Sandi Jones, It's Not Always Hearts & Flowers...and That's Okay, page 151 more example
And I'm not saying it's all hearts and flowers, but where's the passion? Where's the need to be near that other person so much that you get so distracted you can't think of anything else?
2015, K. M. Scott, Unforgettable: Heart of Stone Series #6
Origin
After the song Hearts and Flowers, published in 1893 and widely used as melodramatic photoplay music.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
hearts and flowers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hearts%20and%20flowers
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