"wear rose-colored glasses" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-wear rose-colored glasses.ogg Forms: wears rose-colored glasses [present, singular, third-person], wearing rose-colored glasses [participle, present], wore rose-colored glasses [past], worn rose-colored glasses [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wear<,,wore,worn> rose-colored glasses}} wear rose-colored glasses (third-person singular simple present wears rose-colored glasses, present participle wearing rose-colored glasses, simple past wore rose-colored glasses, past participle worn rose-colored glasses)
  1. (idiomatic) To see the positive in things while being oblivious to the negative. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: look through rose-colored glasses, look through rose-tinted glasses, through rose-colored glasses, view through rose-colored glasses Translations (to be excessively optimistic): վարդագույն ակնոց դնել (vardaguyn aknocʻ dnel) (Armenian), vidět svět přes růžové brýle (Czech), kijken met een rose bril (Dutch), läbi roosade prillide vaatama (Estonian), katsoa asioita ruusunpunaisten silmälasien läpi (Finnish), voir la vie en rose (French), voir le monde en rose (French), etwas durch die rosarote Brille sehen (German), feic an saol trí spéaclaí bándearga (Irish), guardare con gli occhi di un bambino (Italian), guardare con occhi di bambino (Italian), 色眼鏡を掛ける (iromegane o kakeru) (Japanese), patrzeć przez różowe okulary (Polish), só ver o lado bom (das coisas) (Portuguese), смотре́ть сквозь ро́зовые очки́ (smotrétʹ skvozʹ rózovyje očkí) (Russian), bi speuclairean pinc aig (Scottish Gaelic), faic an saoghal tro speuclairean bàn-dhearg (Scottish Gaelic), ver vida a través de gafas rosadas (Spanish), gweld bywyd drwy sbectol-lliw rhosyn (Welsh)

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      "sense": "to be excessively optimistic",
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      "sense": "to be excessively optimistic",
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      "sense": "to be excessively optimistic",
      "word": "guardare con gli occhi di un bambino"
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