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clothes don't make the man

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English

Proverb

clothes don't make the man

One cannot accuratelyjudge a person solely by theirappearance.
Synonyms:the cowl does not make the monk,you can't judge a book by its cover
Antonyms:fine feathers make fine birds,clothes make the man

Translations

clothes don't make the man

Arabic:
Moroccan Arabic:النضرة في البركي وكاع لا يجري(en-naḍra fi-l-bargi w gāʕ lā yijri)(rural, Chaouia, Doukkala)
Chinese:
Mandarin:人不可貌相 (zh)(rén bùkě màoxiàng)
Czech:šaty nedělají člověka
Danish:man skal ikke skue hunden på hårene,klæder skaber ikke folk
Finnish:vaatteet eivät tee miestä
French:l’habit ne fait pas le moine (fr)
German:Kleider machen keine Leute
Greek:το ράσο δεν κάνει τον παπά(to ráso den kánei ton papá),τα ράσα δεν κάνουν τον παπά (el)(ta rása den kánoun ton papá)
Ancient Greek:πώγων οὐ ποιεῖ φιλόσοφον(pṓgōn ou poieî philósophon)
Hebrew:הַבֶּגֶד עוֹשֶׂה אֶת הָאָדָם(habéged 'osé et haadám)(opposite meaning)
Hungarian:nem a ruha teszi az embert (hu)
Italian:l'abito non fa il monaco
Japanese:馬子にも衣装 (ja)(まごにもいしょう, mago ni mo ishō)
Latin:cucullus non facit monachum,barba non facit philosophum
Polish:nie szata zdobi człowieka (pl)
Portuguese:o hábito não faz o monge (pt)
Romanian:nu haina îl face pe om
Russian:по одёжке встреча́ют, по уму́ провожа́ют(po odjóžke vstrečájut, po umú provožájut)(one is met by his clothes and is seen off by his mind),на вид приго́ж, а внутри́ на чёрта похо́ж(na vid prigóž, a vnutrí na čórta poxóž)(handsome in appearance but looks like a devil inside)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:одело не чини човека
Latin:odelo ne čini čoveka
Slovene:obleka ne naredi človeka
Spanish:el hábito no hace al monje
Walloon:ci n’ est nén l’ cote ki fwait l’ curé (wa)

See also

dress the part

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