What does 'Beauty is only skin deep' mean?
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This idiom means that appearances can be deceptive and something that seems or looks good may turn out to be bad.
- Category: Body and bodily functions
Idioms similar to 'Beauty is only skin deep'
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Deep pockets but short arms
- Under your skin
- Waste of skin
- Skin someone alive
- No skin off my nose
- By the skin of your teeth
- All skin and bone
- Save your skin
- Play out of your skin
- Skin in the game
- Skin and bones
- Jump out of one's skin
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