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• s  reflecting optimism
  looked at the world through rose-colored glasses
• s  having a rose color

• The old Navy pilot Rumsfeld, who in early 2003 said the war might last "six days, six weeks, I doubt six months," was still wearing his rose-colored goggles last February when he .
• One of these, a large water color of a lean, complacent French clown drawing on a huge pair of rose-colored gloves, would be worthy of attention if its author did not know the .
• In 1994, a team of explorers scuba diving under the direction of a Frenchman, Jean-Yves Empereur, came upon a rose-colored hulk of granite.

• rosy
• rosy-colored

News & Articles

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• Foxboro High School seniors told to seize the day
  Foxboro High School graduate Bella Eastman surveys the crowd - which is reflected in her rose-colored sunglasses - gathered at Sunday's graduation ceremonies on the school's baseball field.
  June 10, 2013 - The Sun Chronicle
• Paranoid? Who, me?
  Rose-colored X-ray specs: With revelations continuing into the government's gathering of phone records and Internet data, President Barack Obama defended his national security programs as necessary to protect the country from terrorist attacks, while critics, such as Sen. Rand Paul called it "an astounding assault on the Constitution."
  June 8, 2013 - Everett Herald

Quotes

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• Nancy Pelosi in International Herald Tribune
  Just because the president looks through his rose-colored glasses and sees a strong economy doesn't make it so,said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California. "He refuses to see the millions of Americans who are working hard and...
• Romeo Crennel in USA Today
  People don't care about whether it's fair or not, they care about whether you win or lose,Crennel said. "That's the nature of this business. I didn't have any rose-colored glasses on when I took the job. I've been in this league for 30...
• Rahm Emanuel in Washington Post
  We can't continue to pursue an Iraq policy based on fairy tales and rose-colored glasses. A majority of both the House and Senate have voted to change it. The president should join us,said Illinois Democratic Rep. Rahm Emanuel.