rose-coloured view
- noun
- /roʊzˈkʌlərd vju/
- UK
:
visión optimista
- She has a rose-coloured view of life.
Examples
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His rose-coloured views often lead to disappointment.
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It's important to be realistic and not always see the world through a rose-coloured view.
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Even when things go wrong, she tends to have a rose-coloured view of the situation.
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His rose-coloured view of the company's future made him ignore clear warning signs.
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Many people have a rose-coloured view of love, believing it to be perfect and without challenges.
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Her rose-coloured view of the future made her overlook the potential difficulties in starting a new business.
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Despite the harsh reality of the situation, he maintained a rose-coloured view, convinced that everything would eventually work out.
Synonyms
5
5.1
A way of seeing things as better than they are and ignoring problems
1
3.7
A hopeful view of the future or a situation
An overly optimistic view that ignores real problems
An overly optimistic view that ignores real problems
An idea that things will always turn out well, even when there are problems
An overly optimistic view that ignores real problems
Being too positive and ignoring real problems
An overly optimistic view that ignores problems
An optimistic view of the future that is often unrealistic
A view that is too positive and ignores problems
A too positive view of the past that leaves out bad things
Expecting only good results and ignoring risks
Antonyms
How Optimistic
- Informal
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4.1
- UK
209
2.8
38
4.5
28
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines a literal colour metaphor ('rose-coloured' = tinted pink/rosy) with 'view' (opinion), so learners who know the constituents can often infer an optimistic or positively biased perspective. However, the figurative shift from a literal colour to the evaluative meaning is metaphorical and partly idiomatic (e.g., 'rose-tinted/rose-coloured glasses'), so understanding is not fully guaranteed without exposure despite cross-linguistic parallels.
Etymology
The noun rose-coloured view comes from the image of looking through rose-coloured glasses that make the view look pink and nicer than it really is. That's why it means 'too positive' about something.