rose-colored glasses
A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly…A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly optimistic or positive light, often failing to recognize its negative aspects.
Meaning
2 senses(US, idiomatic, plural, plural only)A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly optimistic or positive light, often failing to recognize its negative aspects.
rosarote Brille
ро́зовые очки́rózovyje očkí
роже́ві окуля́риrožévi okuljáry
(US, plural, plural only)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rose-colored, glasses.
Translations
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Origin
Phrase appears as early as 1830 according to OED. From rose-color or rose-colored (meaningPhrase appears as early as 1830 according to OED. From rose-color or rose-colored (meaning "pleasant"), from the notion that roses are widely regarded as uncommonly beautiful.
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