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beauty is only skin-deep

beauty is only skin-deep is the alternative form of beauty is only skin deep.

Meaning of beauty is only skin deep

Proverb

beauty is only skin deep

  1. A person's character matters more than their appearance.
    • "Handsome those that handsome do say I; beauty is only skin deep; it is the principle of the heart I consider.1809, Francis Lathom, London, Or, Truth Without Treason, A Novel, page 2

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Words near beauty is only skin-deep in the dictionary

  1. beauty is but skin-deep
  2. beauty is in the eye of the beer holder
  3. beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder
  4. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
  5. beauty is only skin deep
  6. beauty is only skin-deep
  7. beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder
  8. beauty mark
  9. beauty marks
  10. beauty never boiled the pot
  11. beauty pageant

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