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Somewhere on Yahoo News I read this text:

Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn turned heads when they showed up together at Reese Witherspoon's wedding. The 26-year-old actress took 50-year-old Penn, who is 24 years her senior, as her date to the star-studded nuptials. Plus, Lady Gaga sets a new Twitter record, and life's a beach for David Beckham and Sofia Vergara as they shoot a Diet Pepsi commercial.

What does "life's a beach" mean?

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    They totally forgot to mention that Penn is 24 years older than Johansson, and that they are 24 years apart. (Also, their age difference is 24 years, but that's a different story altogether.)
    – RegDwigнt
    Commented Mar 30, 2011 at 12:51
  • The link no longer points to the quoted text.
    – Nate Eldredge
    Commented Dec 4, 2012 at 15:43
  • @RegDwighт Wow, 50 - 26 is 24. That you need to say it twice says something about the target audience. (We might want to vet the number sentences with math.stackexchange.com.)
    – rajah9
    Commented Dec 4, 2012 at 16:58

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It's a riff on the phrase "life's a bitch" (meaning life can be difficult and unpleasant) which turns it around into a positive. "Life's a beach" means that, at that moment at least, life was nothing but wonderful for David Beckham and Sofia Vergara. Think about beaches: sun, sand, water, beautiful people in bathing suits ... you get the idea.

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  • Aaaah! Thank you. For some reason I thought that "Lady Gaga" here was a subject and "life's a beach" was a predicate, hence, my puzzlement (because I knew that the word "life" was not a verb). Now it's clear: "life" is the subject and "'s a beach" is the predicate, and Lady Gaga has no business here - it's another sentence. Thanks again.
    – brilliant
    Commented Mar 29, 2011 at 23:52
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    @brilliant: "Lady Gaga has no business here"...exactly!
    – Mitch
    Commented Mar 30, 2011 at 1:25
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    It should also be noted that the commercial in question literally takes place on a beach. (YouTube.)
    – Nate Eldredge
    Commented Dec 4, 2012 at 15:49
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It means something positive. Almost like "Life is Good". Who doesn't like a Beach? The beach makes you relaxed, feel warm, have fun in the water, enjoy life. "Life's a Beach" denotes that life is good or great. The phrase was invented to counteract the negative phrase of "Life's a bitch".

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