YOU CAN'T TELL A BOOK BY ITS COVER

Meaning of YOU CAN'T TELL A BOOK BY ITS COVER in English

the cover or surface does not reveal its contents, beauty is only skin deep

If you buy a car because it looks nice, remember this: you can't tell a book by its cover.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

YOU CAN'T TELL A BOOK BY ITS COVER — the cover or surface does not reveal its contents, beauty is only skin deep If you buy a car because …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAN — I. modal verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beer bottle/can (= a bottle/can for beer ) ▪ Empty beer cans …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TELL — INDEX: tell somebody something 1. to give someone information by speaking or writing to them 2. ways of saying that …
Longman Activator English vocab
ITS — iya nga;iya
English-Visayan vocabulary
ITS — adjective Date: circa 1507 of or relating to it or ~elf especially as possessor, agent, or object of an action
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TELL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Tell Mardikh Tell Asmar Amarna Tell el Tell William
Английский словарь Британика
BOOK — I Written (or printed) message of considerable length, meant for circulation and recorded on any of various materials that are …
Английский словарь Британика
TELL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
T — I. ˈtē noun ( plural t's or ts ˈtēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 20th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ITS — I. (|)its, _əts adjective Etymology: it (I) + -s (possessive case ending) 1. : of or belonging to it or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COVER — I. ˈkəvə(r) verb ( covered ; covered ; covering ˈkəv(ə)riŋ, -rēŋ ; covers ) Etymology: Middle English coveren, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAN — I. _kən, (|)kan; esp after a stressed vowel _k ə ŋ; esp in NewEng (|) ke(ə)n; esp dial (|) kin …
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BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOOK — I. ˈbu̇k noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bōc; akin to Old High German buoh book, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ITS — () Possessive form of the pronoun it. See It.
Английский словарь Webster
TELL — tell 1 /tel/ , v. , told, telling . v.t. 1. to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ITS — /its/ , pron. the possessive form of it (used as an attributive adjective): The book has lost its jacket. I'm …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COVER
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAN — can 1 /kan/ ; unstressed /keuhn/ , auxiliary v. and v., pres. sing. 1st pers. can , 2nd can or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOOK — — bookless , adj. — booklike , adj. /book/ , n. 1. a written or printed work of fiction or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TELL — I. ˈtel verb ( told ˈtōld ; tell·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tellan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COVER — I. ˈkə-vər verb ( cov·ered ; cov·er·ing ˈkəv-riŋ, ˈkə-və-) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French coverir, covrir, from Latin cooperire, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAN — I. kən, ˈkan also ˈken; dialect ˈkin verb ( past could kəd, ˈku̇d ; present singular & plural can ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOOK — I. ˈbu̇k noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bōc; akin to Old High German buoh book, Gothic boka letter …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ITS — adjective Date: circa 1507 : of or relating to it or itself especially as possessor, agent, or object of an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TELL — noun a hill or mound. 2. tell ·noun that which is told; tale; account. 3. tell ·vi to give an …
Webster English vocab
COVER — noun the lap of a slide valve. 2. cover ·vt to put the usual covering or headdress on. 3. cover …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
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BOOK — noun a composition, written or printed; a treatise. 2. book ·vt to enter, write, or register in a book or …
Webster English vocab
TELL — [tell] vb told ; tell.ing [ME, fr. OE tellan; akin to OHG zellen to count, tell, OE talu tale] vt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ITS — [its] adj (1598): of or relating to it or itself esp. as possessor, agent, or object of an action "going …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOOK — [book] n [ME, fr. OE boc; akin to OHG buoh book, Goth boka letter] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a set …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOOK — published work of literature or scholarship; the term has been defined by UNESCO for statistical purposes as a non-periodical printed …
Britannica English vocabulary
ITS — its BrE AmE ɪts —non-Received Pronunciation weak form əts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAN — I . / kən; NAmE ; kæn/ modal verb —see also can (II) ( negative can·not / ˈkænɒt; NAmE -nɑːt/, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TELL — / tel; NAmE / verb ( told , told / təʊld; NAmE toʊld/) GIVE INFORMATION 1. tell sb (sth) | …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — (also t ) / tiː; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. Ts , T's , t's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ITS — / ɪts; NAmE / determiner belonging to or connected with a thing, an animal or a baby : Turn the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COVER — / ˈkʌvə(r); NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb HIDE / PROTECT 1. [ vn ] cover sth (with sth) …
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BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOOK — / bʊk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PRINTED WORK 1. [ C ] a set of printed pages …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TELL — tell S1 W1 /tel/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle told ) /təʊld $ toʊld/ [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
T — T BrE AmE , t /tiː/ ( plural T’s , t’s ) noun 1 . [uncountable and countable] the 20th …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ITS — its S1 W1 /ɪts/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘it’] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: it ] used to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COVER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAN — I. can 1 S1 W1 /kən; strong kæn/ BrE AmE modal verb ( negative short form can’t ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOOK — I. book 1 S1 W1 /bʊk/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: boc ] 1 . PRINTED …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TELL — v. (past and past part. told) 1 tr. relate or narrate in speech or writing; give an account of (tell …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ITS — poss.pron. of it; of itself (can see its advantages).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COVER — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by with) protect or conceal by means of a cloth, lid, etc. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOOK — n. & v. --n. 1 a a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TELL — v. (past and past part. told) 1 tr. relate or narrate in speech or writing; give an account of (tell …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ITS — poss.pron. of it; of itself (can see its advantages).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COVER — v. & n. v.tr. 1 (often foll. by with) protect or conceal by means of a cloth, lid, etc. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOOK — n. & v. n. 1 a a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TELL — 1. v. (past and past part. told) 1. tr. relate or narrate in speech or writing; give an account of …
Oxford English vocab
COVER — v. & n. --v.tr. 1. (often foll. by with) protect or conceal by means of a cloth, lid, etc. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
CAN — 1. v.aux. (3rd sing. present can; past could) (foll. by infin. without to, or absol.; present and past only in …
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