wear rose-colored glasses
See only positives
To wear rose-colored glasses is to see things in an unrealistically optimistic or favorable light, ignoring problems or flaws: She's wearing rose-colored glasses if she thinks this relationship will work out.
The metaphor suggests a tinted lens that makes everything look pleasant.
Also appears as rose-tinted glasses or simply through rose-colored glasses: He views his childhood through rose-colored glasses.
- romanticizePortray as more appealing
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- optimismTendency to expect good
- glass half fullPositive outlook metaphor
- hopefulnessExpectation of positive outcomes
wishful thinking · pie in the sky · idealism · perception · looking through · naivety · positivity · benefit of the doubt · tunnel vision · denial · blissful ignorance · gullibility · cognitive distortion · subjectivity · glossing over · too good to be true · infatuation · confirmation bias