в радужном свете

• В РОЗОВОМ <РАДУЖНОМ> СВЕТЕ видеть, представлять кого-что и т.п.; В РОЗОВОМ ЦВЕТЕ{{}}

[PrepP; these forms only; adv; more often used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]

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⇒ (to see, imagine s.o. or sth., interpret sth. etc) in an idealized form, as better than he or it actually is:

- (see s.o. < sth.>) through rose-colored glasses;

- (have) a rosy outlook (on sth.);

- (paint sth.) in a rosy hue;

- (things) look <seem> rosy to s.o.

     ♦ Я ожидал вёрстку. Жизнь представлялась в розовом свете (Довлатов 1). I was waiting for my stories to be run off at the printer's. Life seemed rosy (1a).