through rose-colored glasses
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“It’ll be like looking through rose-colored glasses,” he muses, smiling, optimistic about what’s to come.
From Los Angeles Times
“You can look back through rose-colored glasses, but it’s false. Things were difficult. But we’re still reaping some of those rewards.”
From Los Angeles Times
“How did this happen? So much of it is great memories. My mother said in her wedding speech — my second wedding — that Nicole’s always looked at the world through rose-colored glasses, particularly the past.”
From Los Angeles Times
As a Black actor who has had the chance to play many of the plum Shakespearean roles, had I been looking at his work through rose-colored glasses?
From New York Times
“Parents also may see their children through rose-colored glasses and may have a less objective view of their challenges and struggles.”
From Washington Times
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