diff --git a/core/src/from_meta.rs b/core/src/from_meta.rs
index ba2a3a2e..cf25e23e 100644
--- a/core/src/from_meta.rs
+++ b/core/src/from_meta.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,14 @@ pub trait FromMeta: Sized {
     fn from_expr(expr: &Expr) -> Result<Self> {
         match *expr {
             Expr::Lit(ref lit) => Self::from_value(&lit.lit),
-            Expr::Group(ref group) => Self::from_expr(&group.expr),
+            Expr::Group(ref group) => {
+                // syn may generate this invisible group delimiter when the input to the darling
+                // proc macro (specifically, the attributes) are generated by a
+                // macro_rules! (e.g. propagating a macro_rules!'s expr)
+                // Since we want to basically ignore these invisible group delimiters,
+                // we just propagate the call to the inner expression.
+                Self::from_expr(&group.expr)
+            }
             _ => Err(Error::unexpected_expr_type(expr)),
         }
         .map_err(|e| e.with_span(expr))
@@ -292,13 +299,14 @@ impl<T: syn::parse::Parse, P: syn::parse::Parse> FromMeta for syn::punctuated::P
 /// alternate parsing modes for this type.
 impl FromMeta for syn::Expr {
     fn from_expr(expr: &Expr) -> Result<Self> {
-        if let syn::Expr::Lit(expr_lit) = expr {
-            if let syn::Lit::Str(_) = &expr_lit.lit {
-                return Self::from_value(&expr_lit.lit);
-            }
+        match expr {
+            Expr::Lit(syn::ExprLit {
+                lit: lit @ syn::Lit::Str(_),
+                ..
+            }) => Self::from_value(lit),
+            Expr::Group(group) => Self::from_expr(&group.expr), // see FromMeta::from_expr
+            _ => Ok(expr.clone()),
         }
-
-        Ok(expr.clone())
     }
 
     fn from_string(value: &str) -> Result<Self> {
@@ -333,6 +341,7 @@ impl FromMeta for syn::Path {
         match expr {
             Expr::Lit(lit) => Self::from_value(&lit.lit),
             Expr::Path(path) => Ok(path.path.clone()),
+            Expr::Group(group) => Self::from_expr(&group.expr), // see FromMeta::from_expr
             _ => Err(Error::unexpected_expr_type(expr)),
         }
     }
@@ -361,6 +370,7 @@ impl FromMeta for syn::Ident {
                 Some(ident) => Ok(ident.clone()),
                 None => Err(Error::unexpected_expr_type(expr)),
             },
+            Expr::Group(group) => Self::from_expr(&group.expr), // see FromMeta::from_expr
             _ => Err(Error::unexpected_expr_type(expr)),
         }
     }
@@ -380,12 +390,11 @@ macro_rules! from_syn_expr_type {
     ($ty:path, $variant:ident) => {
         impl FromMeta for $ty {
             fn from_expr(expr: &syn::Expr) -> Result<Self> {
-                if let syn::Expr::$variant(body) = expr {
-                    Ok(body.clone())
-                } else if let syn::Expr::Lit(expr_lit) = expr {
-                    Self::from_value(&expr_lit.lit)
-                } else {
-                    Err(Error::unexpected_expr_type(expr))
+                match expr {
+                    syn::Expr::$variant(body) => Ok(body.clone()),
+                    syn::Expr::Lit(expr_lit) => Self::from_value(&expr_lit.lit),
+                    syn::Expr::Group(group) => Self::from_expr(&group.expr), // see FromMeta::from_expr
+                    _ => Err(Error::unexpected_expr_type(expr)),
                 }
             }
 
@@ -452,21 +461,27 @@ macro_rules! from_numeric_array {
         /// Parsing an unsigned integer array, i.e. `example = "[1, 2, 3, 4]"`.
         impl FromMeta for Vec<$ty> {
             fn from_expr(expr: &syn::Expr) -> Result<Self> {
-                if let syn::Expr::Array(expr_array) = expr {
-                    let v = expr_array
+                match expr {
+                    syn::Expr::Array(expr_array) => expr_array
                         .elems
                         .iter()
-                        .map(|expr| match expr {
-                            Expr::Lit(lit) => $ty::from_value(&lit.lit),
-                            _ => Err(Error::custom("Expected array of unsigned integers")
-                                .with_span(expr)),
+                        .map(|expr| {
+                            let unexpected = || {
+                                Error::custom("Expected array of unsigned integers").with_span(expr)
+                            };
+                            match expr {
+                                Expr::Lit(lit) => $ty::from_value(&lit.lit),
+                                Expr::Group(group) => match &*group.expr {
+                                    Expr::Lit(lit) => $ty::from_value(&lit.lit),
+                                    _ => Err(unexpected()),
+                                },
+                                _ => Err(unexpected()),
+                            }
                         })
-                        .collect::<Result<Vec<$ty>>>();
-                    v
-                } else if let syn::Expr::Lit(expr_lit) = expr {
-                    Self::from_value(&expr_lit.lit)
-                } else {
-                    Err(Error::unexpected_expr_type(expr))
+                        .collect::<Result<Vec<$ty>>>(),
+                    syn::Expr::Lit(expr_lit) => Self::from_value(&expr_lit.lit),
+                    syn::Expr::Group(group) => Self::from_expr(&group.expr), // see FromMeta::from_expr
+                    _ => Err(Error::unexpected_expr_type(expr)),
                 }
             }