through rose-coloured spectacles

through rose-coloured spectacles

With a generally optimistic and cheerful attitude. Primarily heard in UK. I know you look at your childhood through rose-coloured spectacles, but nostalgia like that can be misleading. I think Mary is only capable of seeing things through rose-coloured spectacles, like she's in complete denial of the negative things in life.
See also: spectacle, through
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • look (at something) through rose-coloured spectacles
  • spectacle
  • tint
  • look (at something) through rose-tinted glasses
  • look (at something) through rose-tinted spectacles
  • look (at something) through rose-colored glasses
  • through rose-colored glasses
  • wear rose-colored glasses
  • see (something) through rose-coloured spectacles
  • see through rose-colored glasses
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I suggest that his own natural limitations come from viewing a Rule Britannia era through rose-coloured spectacles, masking a history of oppression for women and non-white races.
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