I had a cloudless week

[jak]

In my language, we can say "I had a cloudless week" in a figurative way - it doesn't mean there were no clouds in the sky that week, it suggests it was a week of unalloyed bliss. I want to say "it was not a [cloudless] year" (because bad things happened). Can you say this, is it considered good English? Or how would you phrase this? My brain has stopped working. Many thanks in advance!

 

[jutfrank]

No, you can't translate it literally.

 

[Tarheel]

In my language, we can say "I had a cloudless week" in a figurative way - it doesn't mean there were no clouds in the sky that week, it suggests it was a week of unalloyed bliss. I want to say "it was not a [cloudless] year" (because bad things happened). Can you say this, is it considered good English? Or how would you phrase this? My brain has stopped working. [............. .....]

It's the opposite in English. Used figuratively, "sunny" is good, but "cloudy" is not so good.

 

[emsr2d2]

In my language, we can say "I had a cloudless week" in a figurative way - it doesn't mean there were no clouds in the sky that week; it suggests it was a week of unalloyed bliss. I want to say "It was not a [cloudless] year" (because bad things happened). Can you say this? Is it considered good English? Or How would you phrase this? My brain has stopped working.

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Note my corrections and comment above.
Out of curiosity, what's the Welsh idiom that means that?