English Explanatory Dictionary

beauty is only skin deep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. A person's character matters more than their appearance.

Pronunciation

En-us-beauty is only skin deep.ogg

Word forms

beauty is only skin deep beauty is only skin-deep

Etymology

First use appears c. 1809, although beauty is but skin-deep appears much earlier.

Synonyms

beauty is but skin-deep

Related words

it's what's inside that counts
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