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rose-colored glasses
noun
- a cheerful or optimistic view of things, usually without valid basis:
He saw life through rose-colored glasses.
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Origin of rose-colored glasses1
Example Sentences
“I tend to look backwards with nostalgia, rose-colored glasses, which I’m happy that I do,†he says.
Wearing rose-colored glasses sparingly won’t affect our vision.
But the curse of being a perennial optimist is that you’re regularly reminded that “most people†would rather shoot your rose-colored glasses off with a Red Ryder Carbine-action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle than let you maintain a little bit of hope for the world.
In an interview prior to the book’s publication, Henry said she had “rose-colored glasses†during their relationship.
“There’s this idea that being hopeful is like putting on a pair of rose-colored glasses,†Zaki, who has spent 20 years studying kindness, connection and empathy said in an interview.
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