| 单词 | fine feathers make fine birds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfine feathers make fine birds P1. Proverb. fine feathers make fine birds and variants: smart, elegant clothes make a person appear attractive or of high status. Frequently ironically, or with disparaging implication. [Probably after French les belles plumes font les beaux oiseaux (1512 in Middle French).] ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [phrase] > be dressed in specific way fine feathers make fine birds1652 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > [phrase] > outward appearance reflecting excellence fine feathers make fine birds1652 1652 ‘Junius Anonymus’ Alazono-mastix 3 They no small paines doe take, Thinking fine Feathers gallant Birds doe make. 1658 E. Phillips Myst. Love & Eloquence 162 Fine feathers make fine birds. As you may see in Hide Park. 1785 F. Pilon Barataria ii. 29 I see plain enough, mother, that dress is every thing; fine feathers make fine birds. 1879 Judy 30 Apr. 196/1 That poor foreign gentleman's feet were simply enormous; fine feathers didn't make him a fine bird. 1940 A. Christie Sad Cypress i. i. 21 Nurse O'Brien pursed her lips... ‘But Mary hasn't got the style!’ Nurse Hopkins said sententiously: ‘Fine feathers make fine birds.’ 2012 Namibian (Windhoek) (Nexis) 14 Sept. I do not think that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder anymore because the eye can be tricked into believing otherwise. The saying; ‘Fine feathers make fine birds’, is becoming all too true nowadays. < as lemmas |
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