rose-colored glasses

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly optimistic or positive light, often failing to recognize its negative aspects. US,idiomatic,plural,plural-only
    — Such captivating beauty corresponds to our protagonist’s naive idealism, and the rose-colored glasses through which he views an upper-crust world of dandies and refined intellectuals.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rose-colored, glasses. US,plural,plural-only

词形变化

rose-coloured glasses alternative rose-tinted glasses alternative rose-colored lenses alternative rose-coloured spectacles alternative,UK rose-tinted spectacles alternative,UK

词源

Phrase 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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