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What is “rose-colored glasses”? Is it really just red-colored glasses?

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Rebecca

"Rose-colored glasses" is an idiom meaning you romanticize and only see the good qualities of another person, and ignore any bad qualities they have. Ex: The rose-colored glasses came off once I realized my girlfriend has bad manners.

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