Thursday, November 28, 2013

What Is The Meaning Of Rosecolored Glasses

Some choose to see the world through rose-colored glasses.


Having a positive attitude lets you see things from a different perspective. Looking through "rose-colored glasses" is an optimistic way of viewing the situation or the world.


Definition


The Free Dictionary states that seeing through rose-colored glasses is being cheerful to an excessive degree, being very optimistic about the world. Seeing through rose-colored glasses is blocking out negative things and seeing only positive.


Origin


Most research done on this phrase dates it back to the 1850s and the novel "Tom Brown at Oxford, a Sequel to School Days at Rugby," By Thomas Hughes (1822-1896). The character Captain Hardy is described as viewing a university through "rose-coloured spectacles."








Mood Study


According to a study performed by Science Daily in 2009, the more upbeat and positive people are, the more they perceive around them.


Roses








The use of the word "roses" has been used to describe a positive action, mood, or event.

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