蜜芽传媒

Sian
Don't judge a book by its cover to mean you shouldn’t judge the value of something or someone based on their appearance.

Examples:
Maria is only fifteen years old, but she is very mature and knowledgeable, so it shows you can’t judge a book by its cover.

When we arrived, the hotel looked amazing – but once we got inside the rooms were dirty and damp. Well it just goes to show, don't always judge a book by its cover!

You say…

Giang
You say 'don't judge a book by its cover', so in Vietnamese we have the same saying - T??t g?? h?n t??t n???c s?n – meaning, take the quality of the wood instead of its veneer.

Famil
In English you would say 'don't judge a book by its cover' but in Russian it would sound like this Встречают по одежке, провожают по уму – which basically means, you meet someone and judge them first by what they wear, but your final judgement is by what is in their head.

Liston
You say 'don't judge the book by its cover', Indonesians say Jangan nilai buku dari sampulnya – which means you don't judge people from what they wear or how they look but it is more from how they behave.

Sian
So, those are a few examples of 'don't judge a book by its cover' in other languages, what do you say?

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