the primrose path
literaryIf you lead someone down the primrose path, you encourage that person to live an easy life that is full of pleasure but bad for them:
Unable to enjoy his newly acquired wealth, he felt he was being led down the primrose path to destruction.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bad but attractive
- cheeky
- devilish
- devilment
- impish
- juicy
- mischief
- mischievous
- primrose
- puckish
- rascal
- roguish
- sinful
- wicked