But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.

Sami's idyllic country life came to an abrupt end.

He was living an idyllic life in Algeria.

Layla dreamed about an idyllic relationship with Sami.

Ziri had an idyllic life.

The time—which, looking back, seems so idyllic—is gone forever when individuals or relatively small groups could be completely self-sufficient.

Sami lived in an idyllic town in Ontario, Canada.

Huddled around a mere at the end of the valley were the brightly coloured timber-frame houses of an idyllic little town.

Yanni and Skura took idyllic vacations in Algeria.

Yanni and Skura took idyllic vacations together.