rose-colored glasses

English

Alternative forms

• rose-coloured glasses (non-US)
• rose-tinted glasses, rose-colored lenses
• rose-coloured spectacles, rose-tinted spectacles (British)

Etymology

Phrase appears as early as 1830 according to OED.

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: glasses that are tinted in a pink or rose shade.
2. (idiomatic) An optimistic perception of something; a positive opinion; seeing something in a positive way, often thinking of it as better than it actually is.

Derived terms

• look through rose-colored glasses
• see through rose-colored glasses
• view through rose-colored glasses
• wear rose-colored glasses

 

Translations

overly optimistic perception of something

• Czech: růžové brýle f pl
• Danish: rose bril c
• Estonian: roosad prillid pl
• French: la vie en rose (fr) f sg
• German: rosarote Brille f sg
• Irish: spéaclaí bándearg m pl
• Italian: gli occhi di un bambino m pl, occhi di bambino m pl
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• Japanese: 色眼鏡 (いろめがね, iro megane) (also “overly negative perception”)
• Polish: różowe okulary pl
• Russian: ро́зовые очки́ n pl (rózovyje očkí)
• Scottish Gaelic: speuclairean bàn-dhearg m pl, speuclairean pinc m pl
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} svijetla strana medalje f pl
• Spanish: gafas violeta f pl, gafas rosadas f pl
• Welsh: sbectol-lliw rhosyn f sg