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see the glass half-empty

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see the glass half-empty (third-person singular simple present sees the glass half-empty, present participle seeing the glass half-empty, simple past saw the glass half-empty, past participle seen the glass half-empty)

  1. (figuratively) To focus on what one does not have instead of what one has; to focus on the negative aspects of a situation; to adopt a pessimistic attitude towards life in general.
    Antonym: see the glass half-full

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