beauty is but skin-deep

English

Etymology

First use appears c. 1677. See cite below.

Proverb

beauty is but skin-deep

  1. Synonym of beauty is only skin deep.
    • 1677, Edward Bury (Minister of Great Bolas.), The Husbandmans Companion: Containing One Hundred Occasional Meditations, Reflections and Ejaculations, Especially Suited to Men of that Employment, Etc, page 117:
      Beauty is but skin-deep, and age or fickneſs ſoon withers this flower, when grace and goodneſs are more durable
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.