THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Meaning of THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE in English

part of the story has not been told

In a government scandal, there's always more than meets the eye.

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

THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE — part of the story has not been told In a government scandal, there's always more than meets the eye.
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THAN — conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be bigger/smaller/worse etc than you had imagined ▪ The job interview proved to be much …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
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THERE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MORE — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bit more/less ▪ Can we have a bit less noise, please? a little more/better/further …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
THERE — I. (|)tha(a)](ə)r, (|)the], ]ə adverb Etymology: Middle English ther, there, thar, thare, from Old English thǣr, thēr, thār; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THAN — I. thən, then, (|)than, rapid sometimes ən or ə n ( after t, d, s, or z) or n ( …
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MORE — I. ˈmō(ə)r, ˈmȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) adjective Etymology: Middle English more, moore, mo, from Old English māra (adjective), mā (adjective & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEETS — present third singular of meet plural of meet
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THAN — (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, …
Английский словарь Webster
THAN — ( conj. ) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THERE — /dhair/ ; unstressed /dheuhr/ , adv. 1. in or at that place (opposed to here ): She is there now. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THAN — /dhan, dhen/ ; unstressed /dheuhn, euhn/ , conj. 1. (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORE — — moreness , n. /mawr, mohr/ , adj., compar. of much or many with most as superl. 1. in greater …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THERE — I. ˈther adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thǣr; akin to Old High German dār there, Old English thæt …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THAN — I. thən, ˈthan conjunction Etymology: Middle English than, then then, than — more at then Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THAN — adv then. ·see then. 2. than ·conj a particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison …
Webster English vocab
MORE — adv with a verb or participle. 2. more ·noun a hill. 3. more ·noun a root. 4. more ·superl greater; …
Webster English vocab
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
Webster English vocab
THAN — [than] conj [ME than, then then, than--more at then] (bef. 12c) 1 a--used as a function word to indicate the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
THERE — / ðeə(r); NAmE ðer/ adverb , exclamation ■ adverb 1. there is, are, was, were, etc. used to show that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THAN — / ðən; NAmE ; rare strong form ðæn/ preposition , conjunction 1. used to introduce the second part of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORE — / mɔː(r); NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner , pronoun (used as the comparative of 'much', 'a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THERE — I. there 1 S1 W1 /ðeə, ðə $ ðer, ðər/ BrE AmE pronoun there is/exists/remains etc used to say that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THAN — than S1 W1 /ð ə n; strong ðæn/ BrE AmE conjunction , preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thanne …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MORE — I. more 1 S1 W1 /mɔː $ mɔːr/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . [used before an adjective or adverb to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THERE — adv., n., & int. --adv. 1 in, at, or to that place or position (lived there for some years; goes …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THAN — conj. 1 introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MORE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 existing in a greater or additional quantity, amount, or degree (more problems than last …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THERE — adv., n., & int. adv. 1 in, at, or to that place or position (lived there for some years; goes …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THAN — conj. 1 introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MORE — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 existing in a greater or additional quantity, amount, or degree (more problems than last …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THERE — adv., n., & int. --adv. 1. in, at, or to that place or position (lived there for some years; goes …
Oxford English vocab
THAN — conj. 1. introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Oxford English vocab
MORE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. existing in a greater or additional quantity, amount, or degree (more problems than last …
Oxford English vocab
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Oxford English vocab
THERE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THAN — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use than after a comparative …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORE — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'More' is often considered to be …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THERE — (INTRODUCING A SENTENCE) [adverb] - used to introduce sentences, esp. before the verbs be, seem and appearThere's someone on the …
Cambridge English vocab
THAN — preposition, [conjunction] - used to join two parts of a comparisonMy son is taller than my daughter.Susannah's car is bigger …
Cambridge English vocab
MORE — [determiner], [pronoun], [adverb] [not gradable] - a larger or extra number or amount (of)She kept on asking if I wanted …
Cambridge English vocab
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
THAN — See: LESS THAN, LESS THAN NO TIME, MORE THAN.
Slang English vocab
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
MORE — INDEX: more/another 1. more of the same thing, or another one of the same things more than a number or …
Longman Activator English vocab
MORE — See ↑ MORE 1,2,4,4,5,6,6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be more than • ↑ no more than • ↑ no more/not any …
Longman Activator English vocab
THAN — See: LESS THAN, LESS THAN NO TIME, MORE THAN.
Словарь английских идиом
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Словарь английских идиом
MEETS — teems metes
Anagrams English vocabulary
THERE — I adverb BAD : My sister often goes to the indoor pool but I don't like going to there. GOOD …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
THERE — I 1. нареч. 1) там to be there ≈ быть там 2) туда to go there ≈ идти туда Syn …
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