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rose-coloured

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rose-coloured
adj
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of the colour rose; rosy
2. See rose-tinted
see through rose-coloured (or rose-tinted) glasses (or spectacles) to view in an excessively optimistic light
Translations
rose-coloured rose-colored (US) [ˈrəʊzˌkʌləd] ADJ → color de rosa
to see everything through rose-coloured spectacles → verlo todo color de rosa
rose-coloured [ˈrəʊzˌkʌləd] adj → color rosa inv
to see sth through rose-coloured spectacles (fig) → vedere tutto rosa
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These descendants of the sect of Zoroaster--the most thrifty, civilised, intelligent, and austere of the East Indians, among whom are counted the richest native merchants of Bombay--were celebrating a sort of religious carnival, with processions and shows, in the midst of which Indian dancing-girls, clothed in rose-coloured gauze, looped up with gold and silver, danced airily, but with perfect modesty, to the sound of viols and the clanging of tambourines.
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