rose-colored glasses

noun

1. a cheerful or optimistic view of things, usually without valid basis.

   He saw life through rose-colored glasses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rose-colored glasses¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

“It’ll be like looking through rose-colored glasses,” he muses, smiling, optimistic about what’s to come.

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In the film, Gordon stars as Iris, a lovestruck twentysomething sporting rose-colored glasses over her wide-eyed gaze.

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“I tend to look backwards with nostalgia, rose-colored glasses, which I’m happy that I do,” he says.

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Wearing rose-colored glasses sparingly won’t affect our vision.

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But the curse of being a perennial optimist is that you’re regularly reminded that “most people” would rather shoot your rose-colored glasses off with a Red Ryder Carbine-action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle than let you maintain a little bit of hope for the world.

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