“Don't judge a book by its cover”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

词条

Don't judge a book by its cover

释义

Early reference
See also
References

{{Redirect|You can't judge a book by its cover|other uses and variants|Don't judge a book by its cover (disambiguation)}}

The English idiom "don't judge a book by its cover" is a metaphorical phrase that means one shouldn't prejudge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone. For example, "That man may look very small and insignificant, but don't judge a book by its cover – he's a very powerful man in his circle".^[1]

Early reference

In George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (1860), Mr Tulliver uses the phrase in discussing Daniel Defoe's The History of the Devil, saying how it was beautifully bound.
The preceding version was then publicised by the 1946 murder mystery novel by {{ill|Edwin Rolfe|de}} and Lester Fuller, Murder in the Glass Room, in the form of "You can never tell a book by its cover."

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=don't judge a book by its cover|publisher=TheIdioms.com|url=http://www.theidioms.com/cant-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/}}

2 : English-language idioms|Metaphors referring to objects

随便看

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

Early reference

See also

References