rosy picture

collocation in English

meaningsofrosyandpicture

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rosy
adjective
uk
/ˈrəʊ.zi/us
/ˈroʊ.zi/
having a colour between pink ...
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picture
noun
uk
/ˈpɪk.tʃər/us
/ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
a drawing, painting, ...
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(Definition ofrosyandpicturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrosy picture

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Thisrosypictureof female dominance can, of course, easily be inverted.
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There is one further blot on thisrosypictureof corpus development.
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Thus, the official groundwater statistics present arosypictureof its sumptuous availability, but the reality reveals a very different picture.
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Such arosypicture, however, fails to capture the full consequences of major depression.
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One question the authors admit could be further explored is why a ' seeminglyrosypictureof the past ' (p. 7) comes through so often in the interviews.
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The experience gained to date, however, does not paint a particularlyrosypictureconcerning the production of electricity from solid biomass.
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I should be very sorry indeed to say anything to detract from the veryrosypictureof that country he has brought back with him.
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Far be it from me to paint arosypictureof the future.
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I do not think he painted what might be termed arosypicture, but he certainly did the best with the material at his command.
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He paints arosypictureby choosing those figures that support his argument rather than looking across the board.
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It at least acknowledges that therosypicturepainted for the past 15 years was false, as throughout that time we were losing market share.
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Therefore, it is no use presenting arosypictureof the whole industry for the next year.
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That is not a veryrosypicture, but the amazing thing to me is that something was not done on that report.
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That paints arosypicturefor a number of companies, but it does not provide a climate for stable long-term growth.
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We risk forgoing thatrosypictureif we begin to unpick the foundations of the successful recovery.
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For all those reasons, therosypicturepainted earlier is ridiculous when we look at what is happening in practice in areas such as mine.
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When there are two companies which want to present to the public a veryrosypictureof their affairs, they arrange matters in this way.
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While they would like to have arosypicturepainted for them, it must be a real picture and not an imaginary and false one.
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He painted a ratherrosypictureof what is going on.
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