beauty is but skin-deep

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• beauty is only skin-deep — Physical beauty is no guarantee of good character, temperament, etc. Cf. a 1613 T. OVERBURY Wife (1614) B8v All the carnall beautie of my wife, Is but skinne deep. 1616 J. DAVIES Select Second Husband B3 Beauty’s but skin deepe. 1829 COBBETT… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Beauty Is Only Skin Deep — Infobox Single Name = Beauty Is Only Skin Deep Artist = The Temptations from Album = Greatest Hits B side = You re Not an Ordinary Girl Released = August 4, 1966 Format = 7 single Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A); April 14, 1964 May 11, 1966… …   Wikipedia

• beauty is only skin deep — Meaning Physical beauty is superficial. Origin Proverb. First found in Overbury s poem, 1613. All the carnall beauty of my wife, Is but skin deep . What his wife thought isn t recorded …   Meaning and origin of phrases

• Beauty is only skin deep. — something that you say which means a person s character is more important than their appearance. She may not be conventionally pretty but you know what they say, beauty s only skin deep …   New idioms dictionary

• beauty is but skin deep — people are all the same no matter what they look like …   English contemporary dictionary

• skin-deep — adjective (not before noun) something that is skin deep seems to be important or real, but in fact it is not because it only affects the way things appear: Beauty is only skin deep …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• deep — 1. adjective /diːp/ a) Having its bottom far down. That is a deep thought! b) Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious …   Wiktionary

• skin — skin1 W2S2 [skın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body)¦ 2¦(from an animal)¦ 3¦(food)¦ 4¦(on a liquid)¦ 5¦(part of an object)¦ 6¦(computer)¦ 7 have (a) thin/thick skin 8 get under somebody s skin 9 by the skin of your teeth 10 make s …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• skin — {{11}}skin (n.) c.1200, animal hide (usually dressed and tanned), from O.N. skinn animal hide, from P.Gmc. *skintha (Cf. O.H.G. scinten, Ger. schinden to flay, skin; Ger. dialectal schind skin of a fruit, Flem. schinde bark ), from PIE *sken cut… …   Etymology dictionary

• beauty — 01. Her [beauty] is a result of her excellent health and friendly character. 02. Their daughter is a real [beauty] who is always surrounded by boys. 03. Long Beach is well known for its great natural [beauty]. 04. Hockey star Sergei Federov was… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Human skin color — Skin pigmentation redirects here. For animal skin pigmentation, see Biological pigment. Variety of skin colors Human skin color is primarily due to the presence of melanin in the skin. Skin color ranges from almost black to white with a pinkish… …   Wikipedia