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1 handsome is as handsome does
var: pretty is as pretty doessyn: a fair face may hide a foul soul ( або heart) про людину судять не по гарній зовнішності, а по справах дивися не на чоловіка, а на його справи ≅ не той гарний, що гарний, а той, що діло робить не одяг красить людину, а добрі діла не в тім сила, що кобила сива, а як вона везе a fair face may hide a foul soul a tree is known by its fruitEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > handsome is as handsome does
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2 pretty is as pretty does
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > pretty is as pretty does
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3 a fair face may hide a foul soul
var: a fair face may hide a foul heartsyn: handsome is as handsome doesвродливе обличчя може приховувати підлу душу ≅ очі ясні та думки чорні руки білі, а сумління чорне ангельський голосок, а чортова думка борода, як у владики, а сумління, як у шибеника all is not gold that glitters appearances are deceptive handsome is as handsome does a fair face may hide a foul soulEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a fair face may hide a foul soul
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4 _краса і потворність
a beautiful face is a better of recommendation beauty and brains don't mix beauty doesn't make the pot boil beauty draws with a single hair beauty is a fading flower beauty is in the eye of the beholder beauty is one of God's gifts beauty is only skin deep beauty provokes thieves sooner than gold beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance care's beauty's thief the fairest apple hangs on the highest bough the good-looking woman needs no paint handsome is as handsome does no woman is ugly if she is well dressed prettiness dies first a rose becomes more beautiful between two thorns she who is a beauty is half-married there is no beauty like the beauty of the soul the uglier the man, the better the husband ugliness is the guardian of women ugly is to the bone; beauty lasts only a day when the candles are all out, all women are fairEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _краса і потворність
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5 a fair face may hide a foul heart
all is not gold that glitters appearances are deceptive handsome is as handsome does a fair face may hide a foul soulEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a fair face may hide a foul heart
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6 a tree is known by its fruit
syn: handsome is as handsome doesas the old cock crows, so doth the young≅ яке коріння, таке й насіння яка пшениця, така й паляниця який піп, таке й благословення яке поїхало, таке й повернуло сова не приведе сокола який батько, такі й діти який пес, такий і хвіст like begets likeEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a tree is known by its fruit
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7 all is not gold that glitters
syn: a fair face may hide a foul soul ( або heart) не все (то) золото, що блищить ( або світить) ≅ не все, що жовте – золото не все добре, що смакує не все добре, що смакують, не все погане, що бракують не все мед, що солодке славні бубни за горами, а прийдеш ближче – собача шкура ангельський голосок, а чортова думка постава свята, а сумління злодійське appearances are deceptive clothes don't make the man a fair face may hide a foul soul handsome is as handsome doesEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > all is not gold that glitters
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8 you cannot judge a tree by its bark
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > you cannot judge a tree by its bark
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handsome is as handsome does — Handsome denotes chivalrous or genteel behaviour, though it is often popularly taken to refer to good looks. At its second occurrence in the proverb the word is properly an adverb. For the common US equivalent, see pretty is as pretty does. c… … Proverbs new dictionary
handsome is as handsome does — ► handsome is as handsome does proverb character and behaviour are more important than appearance. Main Entry: ↑handsome … English terms dictionary
handsome is as handsome does — {informal} A person must act well and generously so that he will be truly worth respecting. A proverb. * /Everyone thinks that Bon is a very handsome boy, but he is very mean too. Handsome is as handsome does./ Compare: FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE… … Dictionary of American idioms
handsome is as handsome does — {informal} A person must act well and generously so that he will be truly worth respecting. A proverb. * /Everyone thinks that Bon is a very handsome boy, but he is very mean too. Handsome is as handsome does./ Compare: FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE… … Dictionary of American idioms
handsome\ is\ as\ handsome\ does — informal proverb A person must act well and generously so that he will be truly worth respecting. Everyone thinks that Bon is a very handsome boy, but he is very mean too. Handsome is as handsome does. Compare: fine feathers do not make fine… … Словарь американских идиом
handsome is as handsome does — proverb character and behavior are more important than appearance … Useful english dictionary
Handsome — Hand some (h[a^]n s[u^]m; 277), a. [Compar. {Handsomer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Handsomest}.] [Hand + some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E. handy.] 1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
handsome — ► ADJECTIVE (handsomer, handsomest) 1) (of a man) good looking. 2) (of a woman) striking and imposing rather than conventionally pretty. 3) (of a thing) well made, imposing, and of obvious quality. 4) (of an amount) substantial; sizeable. ●… … English terms dictionary
handsome — see handsome is as handsome does … Proverbs new dictionary
To do the handsome thing — Handsome Hand some (h[a^]n s[u^]m; 277), a. [Compar. {Handsomer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Handsomest}.] [Hand + some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E. handy.] 1. Dexterous; skillful; handy;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pretty is as pretty does — US equivalent to handsome is as handsome does. 1853 T. C. HALIBURTON Sam Slick’s Wise Saws i. 136 Avery smart little boy; and Old Hundreth..tells me you are a very good boy, and that’s better, for pretty is as pretty does. a 1871 A. CARY ‘Pretty… … Proverbs new dictionary