"see the glass half-empty" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "sees the glass half-empty",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "seeing the glass half-empty",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saw the glass half-empty",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seen the glass half-empty",
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        "participle",
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        "1": "see<,,saw,seen> the glass half-empty"
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      "expansion": "see the glass half-empty (third-person singular simple present sees the glass half-empty, present participle seeing the glass half-empty, simple past saw the glass half-empty, past participle seen the glass half-empty)",
      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "see the glass half-full"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To focus on what one does not have instead of what one has; to focus on the negative aspects of a situation; to adopt a pessimistic attitude towards life in general."
      ],
      "id": "en-see_the_glass_half-empty-en-verb-qEx~5jqe",
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          "negative",
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        [
          "pessimistic",
          "pessimistic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To focus on what one does not have instead of what one has; to focus on the negative aspects of a situation; to adopt a pessimistic attitude towards life in general."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "nähdä lasi puoliksi tyhjänä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "keskittyä huonoon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "voir le verre à moitié vide"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "myśleć pesymistycznie"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "see the glass half-empty"
}

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    {
      "form": "sees the glass half-empty",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeing the glass half-empty",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saw the glass half-empty",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seen the glass half-empty",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "see<,,saw,seen> the glass half-empty"
      },
      "expansion": "see the glass half-empty (third-person singular simple present sees the glass half-empty, present participle seeing the glass half-empty, simple past saw the glass half-empty, past participle seen the glass half-empty)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "see the glass half-full"
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      "glosses": [
        "To focus on what one does not have instead of what one has; to focus on the negative aspects of a situation; to adopt a pessimistic attitude towards life in general."
      ],
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          "focus",
          "focus"
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          "negative",
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        "(figuratively) To focus on what one does not have instead of what one has; to focus on the negative aspects of a situation; to adopt a pessimistic attitude towards life in general."
      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "nähdä lasi puoliksi tyhjänä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "keskittyä huonoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "voir le verre à moitié vide"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "myśleć pesymistycznie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "see the glass half-empty"
}