rose-colored glasses
Example Sentences
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My rose-colored glasses are off, and I see the world clearly without them.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
Everyone on Wall Street supposedly was wearing rose-colored glasses back in early 2000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
I don’t have blinders or rose-colored glasses on when it comes to the state of America and how race shapes the way people see the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
One study, published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research in 1982, does seem to suggest that Lappin is looking at the past with rose-colored glasses.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2023
I have to laugh at myself, already looking at that time through rose-colored glasses.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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