Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
встречать по одежке
English translation:
judge a book by its cover
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Yelena.
Aug 11, 2001 08:20
22 yrs ago
Russian term
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vstrechat po odyozhke
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Marcus Malabad
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judge a book by its cover
this is the equivalent English idiom
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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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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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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
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Canada
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a book is judged by its cover
slight variation of the above to suit the context
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