you can't judge a book by its cover

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1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Proverb
  - 1.2.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

you can’t tell a book by its cover

[edit] Proverb

you can't judge a book by its cover

(idiomatic) It is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.

[edit] Translations

it is not possible to judge things by external appearances alone

Croatian: ne sudi knjizi po koricama
Danish: sku ikke hunden på hårene da(da)
Finnish: moni kakku päältä kaunis, (vaan on silkkoa sisältä) (Many cakes are beautiful from the outside (but crap inside).)
French: l’habit ne fait pas le moine (The habit doesn’t make the monk.)
Italian: l’abito non fa il monaco (The habit doesn’t make the monk.)

Portuguese: não se pode julgar um livro pela capa
Romanian: nu haina face pe om
Russian: не суди о книге по обложке (n'e sudí o kníg'e po oblóžk'e)
Spanish: el hábito no hace al monje (The habit doesn’t make the monk.)
Swedish: man skall inte dömma hunden efter håren (One shouldn’t judge the dog by its hair.), man ska inte döma boken efter omslaget

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