fine feathers make fine birds
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Proverb
fine
feathers
make
fine
birds
(
idiomatic
)
Something that appears
beautiful
or
good
is by definition
beautiful
or
good
.
Antonyms
clothes don't make the man
you can't judge a book by its cover
Translations
fine feathers make fine birds
Afrikaans:
die vere maak die voël
(af)
(
literally
“
the feathers make the bird
”
)
Danish:
klæder skaber folk
(da)
Dutch:
kleren maken de man
Finnish:
vaatteet tekevät miehen
French:
la belle plume fait le bel oiseau
,
c'est la plume qui fait l'oiseau
German:
Kleider machen Leute
(de)
Irish:
eochair uaisle éadach
Korean:
옷이 날개다
(ko)
(
os-i nalgaeda
)
Polish:
jak cię widzą, tak cię piszą
(pl)
Russian:
оде́жда кра́сит челове́ка
(
odéžda krásit čelovéka
)