English
Pronunciation
Proverb
you can't judge a book by its cover
- (idiomatic, figurative) It is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
it is not possible to judge things by external appearances alone
- Arabic: لَا تَحْكُم عَلَى كِتَابِ مِِنْ غِلَافِهِ (lā taḥkum ʕalā kitābi miin ḡilāfihi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 人不可貌相 (zh) (bùyào yǐmàoqǔrén)
- Czech: nesuď knihu podle obalu
- Danish: man skal ikke skue hunden på hårene
- Finnish: ei ole koiraa karvoihin katsominen (fi), moni kakku päältä kaunis (fi)
- French: l'habit ne fait pas le moine (fr)
- Greek: τα φαινόμενα απατούν (ta fainómena apatoún), το ράσο δεν κάνει τον παπά (to ráso den kánei ton papá)
- Ancient Greek: πώγων οὐ ποιεῖ φιλόσοφον (pṓgōn ou poieî philósophon)
- Hebrew: אַל תִּסְתַּכֵּל בַּקַּנְקַן אֶלָּא בַמֶּה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ (he) (ál tistakél baqanqán, éla bamé sheyésh bó, literally “Don't look at the jug, but at what's inside it.”)
- Hindi: जाति ना पूछो साधु की; पूछ लीजिए ज्ञान (jāti nā pūcho sādhu kī; pūch lījie jñān, literally “Ask not a saint of his caste; rather, of his knowledge.”)
- Hungarian: ne a borító alapján ítéld meg a könyvet
- Icelandic: þú getur ekki rannsakað hund eftir hárinu
- Irish: go minic bíonn croí geal i gcraiceann donn
- Italian: l'abito non fa il monaco, non giudicare un libro dalla copertina, non giudicare dalle apparenze
- Japanese: 看板に偽りなし (kanban ni itsuwari nashi)
- Korean: 겉을 보고 속을 판단하지 마라 (geoteul bogo sogeul pandanhaji mara)
- Latin: barba non facit philosophum
- Lithuanian: nespręsk apie knygą iš viršelio
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: man kan ikke dømme boken etter omslaget, man skal aldri skue hunden på hårene (no)
- Polish: nie oceniaj książki po okładce
- Portuguese: não se pode julgar um livro pela capa (pt)
- Romanian: nu haina îl face pe om
- Russian: не суди́ о кни́ге по обло́жке (ne sudí o kníge po oblóžke)
- Scottish Gaelic: 's tric a bhios cridhe gheal ann an seiche dhonn
- Serbo-Croatian: ne sudi knjizi po koricama
- Slovak: nesúď knihu podľa obalu
- Slovene: ne sodi knjige po platnicah
- Spanish: el hábito no hace al monje
- Swedish: man skall inte döma hunden efter håren , man ska inte döma boken efter omslaget
- Tagalog: mapanlinlang ang panlabas na anyo
- Turkish: hayvanın alacası dışında, insanın alacası içinde
- Ukrainian: не судіть про книгу за її обкладинкою (ne suditʹ pro knyhu za jiji obkladynkoju)
- Urdu: ذات نہ پوچھو سادھو کی؛ پوچھ لیجئے علم (zāt nā pūcho sādhu kī; pūch lījie ilm)
- Vietnamese: tốt gỗ hơn tốt nước sơn (vi)
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