be more to sth than meets the eye

Definition

› If there is more to something than meets the eye, it is more difficult to understand or involves more things than you thought at the beginning.ComplexityDifficult to understand

(Definition of be more to sth than meets the eye from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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