Although Heartbeat is often criticised for seeing the 1960s through rose-tinted spectacles, in reality it has tended to avoid the usual "swinging sixties" clichés.

Q: Perhaps, being on honeymoon, you wore rose-tinted spectacles?

So he does not regard his city through rose-tinted spectacles.

So you can hardly expect me to share your rose-tinted spectacles when it comes to marriage.

It was pointed out that contrary to the rose-tinted spectacles view, Britain has a long history of riot and disorder.

He whipped a pair of squarish, rose-tinted spectacles from his pocket, and slipped them over the pomaded hair at his ears.

Demonfreaker - you want to take off those rose-tinted spectacles and take a good hard look at this sick, sick world of ours.

The only criticism it received was that it was filmed through rose-tinted spectacles.

As if it were written by somebody wearing rose-tinted spectacles.

(DE) Mr President, I am not looking at this report through rose-tinted spectacles.