Idiom: "Look at the world through rose-colored glasses"

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Used with some slight variations, the optimistic idiomatic phrase could also be encountered as: Look at/ see the world through rose-colored/ rose-tinted glasses (UK also) look at/ see sth through rose-tinted spectacles: To see only the pleasant things about a situation and not notice the things that are unpleasant. View things with optimism, especially undue optimism rose- colored glasses (noun plural) To be favorably disposed, opinions-optimistic eyes: views the world through rose-colored glasses. First Known Use: 1844 e.g. She's always looked at life through rose-tinted glasses. Origins of the Phrase "Some unfortunate people never take their rose-colored glasses off, but everyone wears these spectacles occasionally. This attitude of cheerful optimism, of seeing everything in an attractive, pleasant light, has always been with us, while the expression itself goes back to at least 1861, when it is first recorded in 'Tom Brown at Oxford': 'Oxford was a sort of Utopia to the Captain.He continued to behold towers, and quadrangles, and chapels, through rose-colored glasses." From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997) Thesaurus an easy touch idiom be easy game/meat idiom be easy prey idiom be wet behind the ears idiom black butter butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth idiom callow childlike dewy-eyed easy gull idealist impressionable ingenuous jejune look at/see sth through rose-coloured/rose-tinted glasses idiom naive naivety prey pushover rose see things in black and white idiom simple soft touch starry-eyed sucker trusted trusting unsophisticated unsuspecting wet wide-eyed Frank Sinatra "Looking At The World Thru Rose Colored Glasses" Looking at the world through rose colored glasses, Everything is rosy now. Looking at the world and everything that passes, Seems of rosy hue somehow. Why do I feel surprise, don't wink your eyes, Needn't guess I'll confess, certain someone just said yes. In a bungalow all covered with roses, I will settle down I vow, That's why I'm looking at the world through rose colored glasses, Everything is rosy now. [full instrumental interlude] Oh yes, I'm looking at the world through rose colored glasses, Everything is rosy now. Looking at the world and everything that passes, Seems of rosy hue somehow. Why do I feel surprise, don't wink your eyes, Needn't guess I'll confess, certain someone just said yes. In a bungalow all covered with roses, I will settle down I vow, That's why I'm looking at the world through rose colored glasses, Everything is rosy now. Yes, everything is rosy now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiYC6rbnFQE

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