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Let's take a look at some related phrases and idioms in everyday use.

ነቲ ንጥፈት ፈትንዎ

To do

Decide which phrases have a very similar meaning to all that glitters is not gold - and which phrases have a completely different meaning. Be careful: appearances can be deceiving!

Over to you

Have you ever been deceived by someone’s or something’s appearance? For example:

• You bought something and then found out that it is not as valuable as it looks!
• You met someone who looked great on the surface, but their looks were deceiving!
• You admired the glamorous life of a famous person, but then found out that their reality is very different! 

Send us an email to tell us about it to [email protected]. Make sure you write 'All that glitters is not gold' in the subject line – and in your email too - and try to use some of the other phrases from this lesson. Unfortunately we can't give individual feedback, but we do read every email, and we’ll publish our favourites here or on our social media sites.

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Here are some of your stories...

Maan, UAE  

She is a drop-dead gorgeous . She is a dead –ringer for " princess Diana".  Having such a beautiful girl friend , I was on the top of the world.

On dinner I found out that she was superficial and  stupid ,she was driving me crackers .

Now I believe that " all that glitter is not gold"

Rashad, Egypt 

The last time I've been deceived by the appearance was about three months ago, that I'd gone to see a movie depending on just its impressing advertisement ,but when I ended it up I found out how naive I was to be deceived by the  advertisements, but since then I've learned that all that glitters is not gold, don't judge a book from its cover and also don't judge a movie from its advertisement 

Bernard

During christmas festival when i was travelling home,
Bus ticket was worthy its weight in gold.
And at that time to get seat in the middle row on bus it was as good as gold.
That didn't happened ;the bus i got was very old and the seat i got was in the rear row of 
back seat.
But every cloud has a silver lining.
Then we started our journey which took us six and an half hours.
It was earlier than the usual time by thirty minute,despite the bus looking old it was really perfect on speed.that made learn that don't judge a book by its cover.
Then after i arrived home.
But there was a problem with the farming material which i had bought from the city some of them was not genuine metal.
Despite the fact that i had bought them in the most famous hardware in the city.
Then my father said metal has different qualities .
And it takes someone who knows best to choose the best.
Names and places doesn't matter looks can be deceiving.
The it dawned to me that not all glitters is gold.

Nida

Ones upon a time, at our work place, there was a very handsome man, he

was very good looking person, bodied, tall, black and bushy-haired,

white skin and baby face, etc. So one day, me and the other fans of

him dared to sit next to him at the lunch, met him and started to talk

with him. So it was a very big disappointment. He was a complete

bighead, he was only talking about himself. So we found that "all that

glitter is not gold".

Welton

All that glitters is not gold. This is really truth because some years ago this happened with me and my wife when we went to an inn on countryside for the easter holiday. We searched for a cozy inn in order to relax and rest from the stressful life in the city. After some options we saw in related websites, we had decided for one that showed as good as gold in a beautiful scenery in a picture. We thought that everything would be really awesome but looks can be deceiving. Once we arrived we looked each other surprised. This is not that we had seen on the picture in the website. I particularly don't judge a book by its cover. Perhaps the service could be good or the bedroom could be comfortable. But unfortunately we are totally wrong. It is the worse place I ever seen in my life. The service was terrible, the bedroom was disgusting and the food don't seem tasty. As every cloud has a silver lining, most of the time we was hiking through the camp and we found by chance one drop-dead gorgeous cottage for rent, then we  immediately moved there. After that, our holiday becomes wonderful.

Juan Carlos, Colombia

Ok, one time, when I was a child, I saw a tv's commercial about a hamburger. this hamburger looked like very delicious and big too, but when I arrived at the restaurant and asked for the hamburger, the waiter gave me a small hamburger. That hamburger was very different as the hamburger that I had seen on the tv. After that I never turned at that restaurant. now I buy my hamburgers of a peddler. These hamburgers are cheaper, bigger and more delicious. This peddler don't have the same reputation, but I don't judge a book by its cover

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