to judge a book by its cover

/tə ˈdʒʌdʒ ə ˈbʊk baɪ ɪts ˈkʌvər/ не судить по внешности B2 high

Значения

  1. verb phraseto form an opinion about someone or something based only on appearance, without knowing the real facts or character — судить о чём-то или о ком-то только по внешности, не узнав истину

Устойчивые сочетания

don't judge a book by its coveryou can't judge a book by its covernever judge a book by its cover

Примеры

  • She looked shy at first, but don't judge a book by its cover — she's actually very funny and bold.
  • My old car looks terrible, but you can't judge a book by its cover; it drives perfectly fine.
  • He wore simple clothes and spoke quietly, so people judged him by his cover, but he turned out to be a brilliant engineer.

Синонимы

jump to conclusionsmake assumptionsnot look deeper

Антонимы

look beyond the surfaceget to know someonegive someone a chance

Частая ошибка

Часто путают с буквальным значением слова 'cover' (обложка книги). В идиоме 'cover' — метафора для внешности или первого впечатления, а не настоящей обложки. Идиома советует не полагаться на внешние признаки.