judge a book by its cover

English

Verb

judge a book by its cover (third-person singular simple present judges a book by its cover, present participle judging a book by its cover, simple past and past participle judged a book by its cover)

  1. (idiomatic, figurative) To make judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.

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