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Englishsee someone or something through rose-colored glasses
Meaning: To see something in a falsely good way; not to see something objectively.
Example: “He sees his school days through rose-colored glasses and forgets the bullying.”
Origin: Tinted lenses give everything a warm, pleasant hue. "Rose-colored" meaning optimistic is recorded from the mid-19th century; British English says "rose-tinted spectacles."
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