beer goggles
plural noun
: the effects of alcohol thought of metaphorically as a pair of goggles that alter a person's perceptions especially by making others appear more attractive than they actually are
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Anyone who thinks that the governor’s actions have been anything but retaliatory is wearing the political equivalent of beer goggles.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 May 2023
Finally, Lefevre even puts forward a completely speculative, but cool, idea - perhaps the fact that mosquitoes wear beer goggles isn't just a coincidence.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2010
Dear Buddy: Note to you: People wearing beer goggles usually lack depth perception.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2021
After all, there were lots of songs about beer goggles.
—Emily Yahr, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
Grab your beer goggles; San Diego’s Ballast Point will open Downtown Disney District’s first brewery later this year.
—Keith Flanagan, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2018
Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 May 2023
Finally, Lefevre even puts forward a completely speculative, but cool, idea - perhaps the fact that mosquitoes wear beer goggles isn't just a coincidence.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2010
Dear Buddy: Note to you: People wearing beer goggles usually lack depth perception.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2021
After all, there were lots of songs about beer goggles.
—Emily Yahr, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
Grab your beer goggles; San Diego’s Ballast Point will open Downtown Disney District’s first brewery later this year.
—Keith Flanagan, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2018
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