| 单词 | beauty is only skin-deep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeauty is only skin-deep a. As a proverbial limitation of beauty or occasionally a similar quality. Esp. in beauty is only skin-deep. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight > slight or superficial superficialc1456 skin-deepa1613 hoverly1633 surfacy1815 tangential1825 smattery1895 a1613 T. Overbury Wife (1614) sig. B8v All the carnall Beautie of my wife, Is but skinne-deepe. 1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora (1703) iv. 49 Nor any of our sex ought to think skin-deep beauty as great a blessing, as 'tis an applauded one. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. ii Beauty that's only skin deep Must fade like the gowans of May. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. lx. 400 Beauty is but a specious..Recommendation, a mere skin-deep Perfection. 1854 H. Spencer Personal Beauty in Ess. (1891) II. 394 The saying that beauty is but skin-deep, is but a skin-deep saying. 1869 A. Maclaren Serm. preached in Manch. 2nd Ser. v. 79 Moses' face shone, but the lustre was but skin deep. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley xi. 121 You have shown the good sense, too, to realize that beauty is only skin deep and that there are more important elements in the holy bond of matrimony. 1965 W. Lamb Posture & Gesture iii. 41 That the puppet-like pin-up girl's beauty is only skin deep is often revealed the moment she opens her mouth. 2004 Daily Tel. 13 July 24/8 Eliminating the first four contestants tonight, will she acknowledge that beauty's merely skin-deep and get a grip on the remaining love-handles? < as lemmas |
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