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- adjective having a
pink colour - adjective idiomatic
cheerfully optimistic
Etymologies
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Examples
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At 18 I was ballsy, bold and grown up and so – in the prideful foolishness of my rose-coloured glasses – had planned the baby with my then boyfriend.
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I know my rose-coloured glass optimism keeps me somewhat naïve, but I honestly do believe that people are good, trustworthy and honourable, and I see expressions of gratitude all the time, everywhere I look, more often than not.
Beverley Golden: A Little Gratitude for Servers, Please and Thank You Beverley Golden 2011
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I was so excited to be at the heartland of hippie that I initially looked at things through rose-coloured specs, almost imagining myself back in the era of the the Free Store run by counter-culture heroes the Diggers and the infamous Drog Store Cafe.
Insider's guide to musical pilgrimages: Country, soul, blues, folk, world music 2011
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I know my rose-coloured glass optimism keeps me somewhat naïve, but I honestly do believe that people are good, trustworthy and honourable, and I see expressions of gratitude all the time, everywhere I look, more often than not.
Beverley Golden: A Little Gratitude for Servers, Please and Thank You Beverley Golden 2011
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What will Dalton McGuinty and his rose-coloured glasses say about the constant lay-offs in Ontario?
Could Ontario’s Love Affair With Dalton McGuinty Be Over? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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It never occurred to me that I have not run a marathon because I am incapable of running a marathon, and that were I to try, my legs would shatter after 100 metres and my nipples wear to rose-coloured washers.
Sue Perkins on the joy of the gym Sue Perkins 2010
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Sure enough the tabloid elements of the media have started looking back at him through their rose-coloured glasses to create another chapter in the whole disaster.
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Colourless at first, it rapidly changes to a "carpet of tiny, shining, rose-coloured grains".
Glitter Rose by Marianne de Pierres girliejones 2010
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Of course not, because Mr. Flanagan is looking at the world through the rose-coloured glasses of nostalgia.
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What will Dalton McGuinty and his rose-coloured glasses say about the constant lay-offs in Ontario?
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