Life isn't a pony farm

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I've never heard that expression before. Where (how) ha

I read it in an English test. I think the pupil meant something like 'Life is like a box of chocolate. You never know what you get.'

Well, like I said, I've never heard the expression.
Personally, I find it difficult to equate a pony farm with the uncertainties of life.
However, it could be a saying from a culture I'm not familiar with.

Stephan Kloss 8990 Does this sentence exist in English? "Life isn't a pony farm"

You can say it, but it has no obvious meaning. It probably comes from the title of a web comic strip called "Life Ain't No Pony Farm".

I suppose it expresses the same sentiment as "Life is no bowl of cherries" or "Life is no picnic", in other words "Life is hard", but wi

This is an expression they use in German, "Leben ist kein Ponyhof" - something like life is not a walk in the park, or it's not easy.