rose-colored glasses
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rose-colored glasses
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Phrase appears as early as 1830 according to OED. From rose-color or rose-colored (meaning "pleasant"), from the notion that roses are widely regarded as uncommonly beautiful.
noun rose-coloured glasses · rose-tinted glasses · rose-colored lenses · rose-coloured spectacles · rose-tinted spectacles
- A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly optimistic or positive light, often failing to recognize its negative aspects. Such captivating beauty corresponds to our protagonist’s naive idealism, and the rose-colored glasses through which he views an upper-crust world of dandies and refined intellectuals.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rose-colored, glasses.
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noun overly optimistic perception of something
| 日本語 | 色眼鏡 iro megane |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 濾鏡 /滤镜 lǜjìng |
| Français | lunettes roses, voir la vie en rose |
| Deutsch | rosarote Brille |
| Italiano | gli occhi di un bambino, occhi di bambino |
| Русский | ро́зовые очки́ rózovyje očkí |
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