Meaning of beauty is only skin deep | Babel Free
Definitions
A person's character matters more than their appearance.
Equivalents
العربية
الجمال جمال الروح
Bahasa Indonesia
laksana bunga dadap, sungguh merah berbau tidak
日本語
美人というも皮一重
Nederlands
uiterlijk schoon is slechts vertoon
Português
quem vê cara não vê coração
Русский
вне́шность обма́нчива
Tiếng Việt
cái nết đánh chết cái đẹp
Examples
“"Handsome those that handsome do say I; beauty is only skin deep; it is the principle of the heart I consider.”
“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?”
“Isn’t it time the marketing budgets were reapportioned to the bones and muscles of the building themselves? At present, the beauty in London’s building boom is barely skin deep.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.