Glossary entry (derived from question below)
русский term or phrase:
встречать по одежке
английский translation:
judge a book by its cover
Added to glossary by
Yelena.
Aug 11, 2001 08:20
22 yrs ago
русский term
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vstrechat po odyozhke
русский => английский
Искусство/Литература
Идиомы / Изречения / Поговорки
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Marcus Malabad
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Канада
Native in английский
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Quality, Accuracy and Experience
Native in: английский (Variants: US, Canadian) 
, тагалог
Works in: немецкий => английский, русский => английский, французский => английский, and 4 more.
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judge a book by its cover
this is the equivalent English idiom
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
25 мин
meet by clothes
i'm surprised "recognize - uznavat'" was not used, or in a different option "meet support", which would have been podryozhka.
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31 мин
to make an ambitious,ostentatious display
I look from cross-dictionaries but
that is an idiom, so you may meet with another idiom in English.
that is an idiom, so you may meet with another idiom in English.
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Natasha Metzger
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Native in: русский
Works in: английский => русский, русский => английский, английский, and 1 more.
Meet by the way you are dressed
This is part of a common Russian phrase "vstrechaut po odyozhke, provozhaut po-umu" This phrase means your first impression is created by the way you are dressed (look) and your last impression is left by your intelligence.
I am a native Russian.
I hope this helps.
I am a native Russian.
I hope this helps.
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Marcus Malabad
Канада
Канада
Native in английский
Канада
Quality, Accuracy and Experience
Native in: английский (Variants: US, Canadian) , тагалог
Works in: немецкий => английский, русский => английский, французский => английский, and 4 more.
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4
a book is judged by its cover
slight variation of the above to suit the context
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