What does "All that glitters is not gold" mean?
2007-03-26 14:23:30 · 6 answers · asked by Bella Swan 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's symbolic for things that shine or look pretty might be ugly or not what they really are underneath.
It means the same thing as "you don't judge a book by it's cover".
2007-03-26 14:37:36 · answer #1 · answered by James R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A more colloquial wording of this phrase would be "Not everything that glitters is actually made of gold." It means that something which seems valuable at first may turn out to be worthless. It is intended as a warning that appearances can be deceiving, and the actual worth of something may not be what your first impression leads you to believe.
2007-03-26 21:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by threngec 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or it could me that those things that seem ordinary may actually be extraordinary.
2007-03-26 21:30:05 · answer #3 · answered by Joel S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some things that appear to be amazing and super are really not ....
not everything that seems great is
2007-03-26 21:26:20 · answer #4 · answered by hanntastic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
things are rarely what they the appear
2007-03-26 22:03:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may look pretty but it is not good.
2007-03-26 21:27:18 · answer #6 · answered by LINDA D. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋