through rose-colored glasses

“You can look back through rose-colored glasses, but it’s false. Things were difficult. But we’re still reaping some of those rewards.”

“How did this happen? So much of it is great memories. My mother said in her wedding speech — my second wedding — that Nicole’s always looked at the world through rose-colored glasses, particularly the past.”

Or will political and economic pressures to rebuild and restore Maui’s robust tourism industry - where visitors normally spend $14 million per day - lead officials to look at any testing results through rose-colored glasses?

Or will political and economic pressures to rebuild and restore Maui’s robust tourism industry — where visitors normally spend $14 million per day — lead officials to look at any testing results through rose-colored glasses?

“Just as we don’t want to be mired in pessimism and accept the idea of an inevitable American decline, we also can’t be deluded with happy talk. Decline will not be averted by looking at our situation through rose-colored glasses, telling Americans that everything is fine. Our goal from a national security perspective vis-a-vis the Chinese Communist Party is very simple. We win. They lose,” Mr. DeSantis advised.