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What Is the Meaning of Rose-Colored Glasses?

Having a positive attitude lets you see things from a different perspective. Looking through "rose-colored glasses" is an optimistic way of viewing the situation or the world.

  1. Definition

    • The Free Dictionary states that seeing through rose-colored glasses is being cheerful to an excessive degree, being very optimistic about the world. Seeing through rose-colored glasses is blocking out negative things and seeing only positive.

    Origin

    • Most research done on this phrase dates it back to the 1850s and the novel "Tom Brown at Oxford, a Sequel to School Days at Rugby," By Thomas Hughes (1822-1896). The character Captain Hardy is described as viewing a university through "rose-coloured spectacles."

    Mood Study

    • According to a study performed by Science Daily in 2009, the more upbeat and positive people are, the more they perceive around them.

    Roses

    • The use of the word "roses" has been used to describe a positive action, mood, or event.

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