see through rose-colored glasses



see through rose-colored glasses

Also, look through rose-colored glasses. Take an optimistic view of something, as in Kate enjoys just about every activity; she sees the world through rose-colored glasses, or If only Marvin wouldn't be so critical, if he could look through rose-colored glasses once in a while, he'd be much happier . The adjectives rosy and rose-colored have been used in the sense of "hopeful" or "optimistic" since the 1700s; the current idiom dates from the 1850s.
See also: glass, see

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Apostol-Bulgarian, Macedonian
PatrickPAT-rik (English), pat-REEK (French), PAHT-rik (German)Irish, English, French, German
Dedrick-African American
GunnvÖR-Ancient Scandinavian
EverettEV-ə-rit, EV-ritEnglish
Koukiko:-keeJapanese