you can't tell a book by its cover Idiom, Proverb

you can't tell a book by its cover

the cover or surface does not reveal its contents, beauty is only skin deep If you buy a car because it looks nice, remember this: you can't tell a book by its cover.

you can't acquaint a book by its cover

proverb You can't abject your assessment of article (or someone) on the way it (or one) looks. A alternative of "don't adjudicator a book by its cover." This address may attending dull, but you can't acquaint a book by its cover—I will accept you absorbed by the facts and abstracts in no time! I apperceive she's a little frumpy, but you can't acquaint a book by its cover, man!Learn more: book, by, cover, tell

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you and the horse you rode in on you bet your boots you betcha you can bet your bottom dollar you can lead a horse to water but you can't make h you can run but you can't hide you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear you can't teach an old dog new tricks you can't tell a book by its cover you can thank your lucky stars you don't miss the water till the well runs dry You don't say! you don't say you got it you had to be there you have to be good to be lucky you need money to make money you can't make bricks without straw You can't make this shit up. You can't make this stuff up. You can't make this up. You can't mean that! you can't miss it you can't polish a turd you can't put a wise head on young shoulders you can't put an old head on young shoulders you can't put new wine in(to) an old bottle you can't put new wine in(to) an old wineskin you can't put new wine in(to) old bottles you can't put new wine in(to) old wineskins you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds you can't say fairer you can't serve (both) God and mammon you can't sit in two chairs at once you can't sit in two chairs at the same time you can't sit in two chairs with one butt you can't spell (something) without (something else) you can't squeeze blood from a stone you can't squeeze blood from a turnip you can't step in the same river twice you can't take it with you you can't teach an old dog new tricks you can't tell a book by its cover you can't unring a bell you can't win you can't win 'em all You can't win them all you could cut (something) with a knife you could cut it with a knife you could cut the atmosphere with a knife you could eat off the floor(s) you could have fooled me you could have fooled me! you could have heard a pin drop you could have knocked me down with a feather you could have knocked me over with a feather you could have knocked me, etc. down with a feather you could hear a pin drop you could hear the grass grow(ing) you couldn't swing a cat in here/there You couldn't! you crumb you deal with it you do the math you do you You don't change horses in the middle of the race. You don't change horses mid-race. you don't expect (one) to believe (something)

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