glass-half-full

glass-half-full

Normally she is an extremely positive, glass half-full sort of girl, someone who can find the silver lining in any situation. However, when it came to her breakup, she refused to see the many positive things that could come from it...


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  • see the glass half full — see the glass (as) half full to believe that a situation is more good than bad. I m an optimist I see the glass as half full and think we ll come through this difficult time OK. Usage notes: also used in the form the glass is half full the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • glass-half-empty — adjective pessimistic Susan Kropf, the companys president and chief operating officer, says that while the management team is “by nature optimistic,” there is a “glass half empty kind of mentality.” Says Kropf. “We always think about what more we …   Wiktionary

  • half-full — adj. Half full is used with these nouns: ↑cup, ↑glass …   Collocations dictionary

  • see the glass as half full — see the glass (as) half full to believe that a situation is more good than bad. I m an optimist I see the glass as half full and think we ll come through this difficult time OK. Usage notes: also used in the form the glass is half full the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • Is the glass half empty or half full? — is a common expression, used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty); or as a general litmus test to simply determine if an individual is an optimist or a pessimist …   Wikipedia

  • glass — noun 1 transparent substance ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, coloured/colored, opaque, plain, smoked, tinted ▪ broken ▪ flying …   Collocations dictionary

  • full — adj. 1 holding/containing as much as it will hold VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ become, get ▪ The garage is getting full of junk again. ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary

  • full — full1 W1S1 [ful] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(no space)¦ 2¦(including everything)¦ 3¦(highest amount/level)¦ 4¦(having a lot of something)¦ 5¦(food)¦ 6¦(emphasis)¦ 7¦(busy)¦ 8¦(rank)¦ 9 be full of yourself 10 be full of crap/shi …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Half the World Is Watching Me — Studio album by Mew Released 2000 …   Wikipedia

  • Philip Glass — (born January 31, 1937) is an American classical music composer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century [Naxos Classical Music Spotlight podcast: Philip… …   Wikipedia

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