wore rose-colored glasses
Ignored harsh realities
To wear rose-colored glasses is to see things in an overly optimistic or favorable light, ignoring problems or unpleasant realities.
The past tense wore rose-colored glasses describes someone who previously held such naively positive views, often with the implication that they've since seen things more clearly.
She wore rose-colored glasses about her marriage until the divorce papers arrived.
The metaphor suggests a tinted lens that literally colors everything rosy.
- metaphoricallySymbolically, not literally
- rose-tintedPinkish or overly optimistic
- looking throughVisually searching within
- optimismTendency to expect good
- halo effectSingle trait skews perception
wishful thinking · perception · self-serving bias · positive · naive · idealistic · misperceive · blind spot · Pollyanna · selective attention · hopefulness · sunny disposition · glass half full · utopianism · pie in the sky · head in the clouds · silver lining · trustfulness
wore rose-colored glassescalled a spade a spade
Said truth without softening
rosier, rosiest, rosiness, colored, colours, coloured, coloring, colouring, colorful