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beauty is only skin deep

beauty is only skin deep proverb: a person's character matters more than their appearance.

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
    • And she graced the transition. Beauty is only skin-deep, but the nerves lie very near to the skin. Nerve—but just here will you oblige by perusing again the quotation with which this story begins?1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Girl and the Habit”, in Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC

beauty is only skin deep meaning in Arabic, Malay and Vietnamese

beauty is only skin deep in Arabic

a person's character is more important than their outward appearance
الجمال جمال الروح

beauty is only skin deep in Malay

a person's character is more important than their outward appearance
buah masak merah belum tentu manis rasanya

beauty is only skin deep in Vietnamese

a person's character is more important than their outward appearance
cái nết đánh chết cái đẹp

Synonyms of beauty is only skin deep

Forms of beauty is only skin deep

alternative formbeauty is only skin-deep

Origin of beauty is only skin deep

First use appears c. 1809, although beauty is but skin-deep appears much earlier.

Questions about beauty is only skin deep

What does beauty is only skin deep mean?
Beauty is only skin deep means a person's character matters more than their appearance.
What is beauty is only skin deep in Arabic?
Beauty is only skin deep in Arabic is الجمال جمال الروح. See Beauty is only skin deep meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is beauty is only skin deep?
Beauty is only skin deep is a proverb.

Words near beauty is only skin deep in the dictionary

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

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