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Beauty is only skin deep

  1. Physical beauty is superficial and is not as important as a person's intellectual, emotional, and spiritual qualities.



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Idioms and Phrases

External attractiveness has no relation to goodness or essential quality. This maxim was first stated by Sir Thomas Overbury in his poem “A Wife” (1613): “All the carnall beauty of my wife is but skin-deep.“
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It’s hard to grow up being told beauty is only skin deep, only to see it valued above nearly all else.

In “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep,” what seems to be an embracing Black couple provides one of the show’s most peaceful, romantic moments.

What she needs to learn is that true beauty is only skin deep.

From Salon

“Beauty is only skin deep,” Parker said, “but ugly goes clean to the bone.”

In a larger sense, however, the A-lister has previously revealed that she thinks beauty is only skin deep.

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