You can’t judge a book by its cover.
Without googling or checking reference resources, what do you think this proverb means?
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This proverb means that we know nothing about the character of a person by just looking at her/him. I person might look glamorous but have a shallow character. Moreover, we do not know what something is like by just looking at its appearance.
Exactly right Katrin.
This proverb means that the external appearance can not indicate the true nature of a person.
Good Nia.