2006-12-18 11:36:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I believe this phrase may have come about during the gold rush, when people would pan for gold, many times they would find "fools gold" (pyrite) instead. It looks just like or very similar to real gold but it is not. Therefore the term all that glitters is not gold came to be a common saying.
2006-12-18 11:47:54 · answer #1 · answered by Billy FZ1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it means that just because something is sparkly and looks pretty doesn't mean that it is really all that it looks on the surface; it could turn out to be fool's gold. on the other hand, "all that is gold does not glitter" (the lord of the rings) means that even though something may not look like much, it may have value beyond anything anyone could have imagined.
2006-12-18 16:14:31 · answer #2 · answered by missizzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Gatlin brothers sang a song with that in the lyrics and it meant anything that shines is not necessarily gold
2006-12-18 12:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by roy40372 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because something looks pretty on the outside doesn't mean it has true beauty.
2006-12-18 11:44:33 · answer #4 · answered by sprydle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that beauty is not just found in looks.
2006-12-18 12:33:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just because something looks good at first, doesn't mean that it is good.
2006-12-18 11:44:50 · answer #6 · answered by jooliejools 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
things that appear shiny and worth alot may just look like that and they can be worth nothing!
2006-12-18 11:39:33 · answer #7 · answered by Irie 123 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Looks can be deceiving
2006-12-18 11:44:05 · answer #8 · answered by corsig 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's more of an illusion.
2006-12-18 11:44:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋