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- noun
Glasses that are tinted in apink orrose shade. - noun 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.
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treeseed commented on the word rose-colored glasses
To declare that a person is "seeing through rose-colored glasses" implies that they are an optimist, only seeing the good and neglecting to notice the bad.
January 23, 2008