| 单词 | to see through rose-coloured spectacles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto see through rose-coloured spectacles (also glasses) to see through rose-coloured spectacles (also glasses) and variants: = to see through rose-tinted spectacles (also glasses) at rose-tinted adj. Phrases. ΚΠ 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 533/2 We have lost some of our enthusiasm, it is true. We don't go now in rose-coloured spectacles to exhibitions. 1844 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 29 369 His friend need not be obliged to look at his labors through the rose-colored glasses of personal kindness to see them under a favorable aspect. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. vi. 102 Oxford was a sort of Utopia to the Captain... [He] continued..to behold towers, and quadrangles, and chapels,..through rose-coloured spectacles. 1921 Princess P. Metternich Days that are no More iii. 104 I was young and favoured by fortune, no troubles had yet befallen me, and I saw everything through rose-coloured spectacles. 1961 W. Brandon Indians 301/1 The explorers were scarcely in a condition to look at this particular new world..through rose-colored glasses. 1981 Oxf. Jrnl. 15 May 8/2 Mrs M—— must be viewing Carterton crossroads through rose-coloured spectacles. Far from being vastly improved, it is becoming a ghastly eyesore. 2006 Wired June 28/5 Gregg Easterbrook blamed our gloomy disposition on factors like having too much choice. Critics said he should lose the rose-colored specs and take a look around. < as lemmas |
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