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you can't judge a book by its cover
sayingDefinition
› said to show that you cannot know what something or someone is like by looking only at their appearanceSeeming and purporting to beFaking and pretending
(Definition of you can't judge a book by its cover from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Seeming and purporting to be
Synonyms and related words:
- apparent adjective
- appear verb (SEEM)
- as if/though idiom
- by the look(s) of things idiom
- come across phrasal verb (BEHAVE)
- come over phrasal verb (SEEM)
- formal adjective (OFFICIAL)
- on the face of it idiom
- ostensible adjective
- outward adjective (ON OUTSIDE)
- persona noun
- prima facie adjective
- seeming adjective
- seemingly adverb
- semblance noun
- so-called adjective
- superficial adjective (FALSE APPEARANCE)
- supposed adjective (OTHERS' OPINION)
- surface adjective (APPEARANCE)
- surface noun (APPEARANCE)
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