rose-colored glasses

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Phrase appears as early as 1830 according to OED.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

rose-colored glasses pl (plural only)

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: 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

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

Japanese: 色眼鏡 (いろめがね, iro megane) (also “overly negative perception”)
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

References

"rose-coloured | rose-colored, adj.". OED Online. June 2017. Oxford University Press. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/167530 (accessed October 02, 2017).

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