English
Pronunciation
Verb
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)
- (idiomatic) To see the positive in things while being oblivious to the negative.
Translations
to be excessively optimistic
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: վարդագույն ակնոց դնել (vardaguyn aknocʻ dnel)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: vidět svět přes růžové brýle
- Dutch: kijken met een rose bril
- Estonian: läbi roosade prillide vaatama
- Finnish: katsoa asioita ruusunpunaisten silmälasien läpi
- French: voir la vie en rose (fr), voir le monde en rose (fr)
- German: etwas durch die rosarote Brille sehen (de)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: rózsaszín szemüvegen át néz
- Irish: feic an saol trí spéaclaí bándearga
- Italian: guardare con gli occhi di un bambino, guardare con occhi di bambino
- Japanese: 色眼鏡を掛ける (iromegane o kakeru), 色眼鏡で見る (iromegane de miru) (also “to be excessively pessimistic”)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: patrzeć przez różowe okulary (pl)
- Portuguese: só ver o lado bom (das coisas)
- Russian: смотре́ть сквозь ро́зовые очки́ (ru) (smotrétʹ skvozʹ rózovyje očkí)
- Scottish Gaelic: bi speuclairean pinc aig, faic an saoghal tro speuclairean bàn-dhearg
- Spanish: ver vida a través de gafas rosadas
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: gweld bywyd drwy sbectol-lliw rhosyn
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