rose-colored glasses
English
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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.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: glasses that are tinted in a pink or rose shade.
- (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
Translations
overly optimistic perception of something
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References
- ^ "rose-coloured | rose-colored, adj.". OED Online. June 2017. Oxford University Press. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/167530 (accessed October 02, 2017).