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rose-colored glasses

NOUN
fantasy view of situation
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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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