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you can't judge a book by its cover
( idiomatic , figurative ) reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.
Synonyms: clothes don't make the man the cowl does not make the monk all that glitters is not gold looks can be deceiving appearances are deceptive don't just scratch the surface anything essential is invisible to the eyes one sees clearly only with the heart Antonyms: clothes maketh the man fine feathers make fine birds it is not possible to judge things by external appearances alone
Albanian: gjykon puna, s'gjykon guna
Arabic: لَا تَحْكُم عَلَى كِتَابِ مِِنْ غِلَافِهِ ( lā taḥkum ʕalā kitābi miin ḡilāfihi )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人不可貌相 (zh) ( bùyào yǐmàoqǔrén )
Czech: nesuď knihu podle obalu
Danish: man skal ikke skue hunden på hårene
Finnish: ei ole koiraa karvoihin katsominen (fi) , moni kakku päältä kaunis (fi)
French: l'habit ne fait pas le moine (fr)
Greek: τα φαινόμενα απατούν ( ta fainómena apatoún ) , το ράσο δεν κάνει τον παπά ( to ráso den kánei ton papá )
Ancient Greek: πώγων οὐ ποιεῖ φιλόσοφον ( pṓgōn ou poieî philósophon )
Hebrew: אַל תִּסְתַּכֵּל בַּקַּנְקַן אֶלָּא בַמֶּה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ (he) ( ál tistakél baqanqán, éla bamé sheyésh bó , literally “ Don't look at the jug, but at what's inside it. ” )
Hindi: जाति ना पूछो साधु की; पूछ लीजिए ज्ञान ( jāti nā pūcho sādhu kī; pūch lījie jñān , literally “ Ask not a saint of his caste; rather, of his knowledge. ” )
Hungarian: ne a borító alapján ítéld meg a könyvet
Icelandic: þú getur ekki rannsakað hund eftir hárinu
Irish: go minic bíonn croí geal i gcraiceann donn
Italian: l'abito non fa il monaco non giudicare un libro dalla copertina non giudicare dalle apparenze
Japanese: 看板に偽りなし ( kanban ni itsuwari nashi )
Korean: 겉을 보고 속을 판단하지 마라 ( geoteul bogo sogeul pandanhaji mara )
Latin: barba non facit philosophum
Lithuanian: nespręsk apie knygą iš viršelio
Norwegian:
Bokmål: man kan ikke dømme boken etter omslaget man skal aldri skue hunden på hårene (no)
Polish: nie oceniaj książki po okładce (pl)
Portuguese: não se pode julgar um livro pela capa (pt)
Romanian: nu haina îl face pe om
Russian: не суди́ о кни́ге по обло́жке ( ne sudí o kníge po oblóžke )
Scottish Gaelic: 's tric a bhios cridhe gheal ann an seiche dhonn
Serbo-Croatian: ne sudi knjizi po koricama
Slovak: nesúď knihu podľa obalu
Slovene: ne sodi knjige po platnicah
Spanish: el hábito no hace al monje
Swedish: man skall inte döma hunden efter håren man ska inte döma boken efter omslaget
Tagalog: mapanlinlang ang panlabas na anyo
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: hayvanın alacası dışında, insanın alacası içinde
Ukrainian: не судіть про книгу за її обкладинкою ( ne suditʹ pro knyhu za jiji obkladynkoju )
Urdu: ذات نہ پوچھو سادھو کی؛ پوچھ لیجئے علم ( zāt nā pūcho sādhu kī; pūch lījie ilm )
Vietnamese: tốt gỗ hơn tốt nước sơn (vi)
