| prov. |
prettiness makes no pottage (the saying is normally used when people are considering the merits of a not-so-pretty groom or bride to mean: prettiness is (or looks are) not that important); beauty is but skin-deep (дословно: Красота всего лишь сверху. Смысл: наружность обманчива; красота недолговечна); beauty is but skin deep; beauty is only skin deep; choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye; if jack is in love he is no judge of jill's beauty; a pretty face may not make you happy, but a loving heart will; a pretty face and a heart that's cold; a plain one and a heart of gold |
