معنی Don’t judge a book by its cover یعنی یک چیزی را از روی ظاهر آن قضاوت نکنید. برای دیدن مثالهای بیشتر از این اصطلاح ادامه مطلب را بخوانید.
معنی Don’t judge a book by its cover
ابتدا معنی انگلیسی این اصطلاح را مرور می کنیم :
- Don’t base your opinion of something (or someone) on the way it (or one) looks.
- one should not judge the worth or value of something or someone by their outward appearance alone
- outward appearance cannot be an indicator of someone or something’s value or worth
- you cannot know what someone or something is like just by looking the person or thing’s appearance
- the quality or character of someone or something cannot be judged just by looking at them
- an opinion of someone or something cannot be formed solely by seeing what’s on the surface
معنی فارسی آن به سادگی اینهاست :
- (معنی لغوی) : یک کتاب را از روی جلدش قضاوت نکن!
- هیچ چیز را از روی ظاهرش قضاوت نکن
- نباید انسانها را از روی ظاهرشان قضاوت کرد
- قاضی ظاهر نباشیم
- تن آدمی شریف است به جان آدمیت
- عقلت به چشمت نباشه!
تاریخچه استفاده از اصطلاح
یکی از اولین مواردی استفاده از این اصطلاح در کتاب The Mill on the Floss از جورج الیوت در سال 1860 است که آمده :
‘The History of the Devil’ by Daniel Defoe; not quite the right book for a little girl,” said Mr. Riley, “How came it among your books, Tulliver?”
George Eliot, 1860
Maggie looked hurt and discouraged, while her father said, “Why, it’s one o’ the books I bought at Partridge’s sale. They was all bound alike, it’s a good binding, you see, and I thought they’d be all good books. There’s Jeremy Taylor’s ‘Holy Living and Dying’ among ’em ; I read in it often of a Sunday.” (Mr. Tulliver felt somehow a familiarity with that great writer because his name was Jeremy); “and there ‘s a lot more of ’em, sermons mostly, I think ; but they ‘ve all got the same covers, and I thought they were all o’ one sample, as you may say. But it seems one mustn’t judge by th’ outside. This is a puzzlin’ world.
این اصطلاح از داستان جنایی Murder in the Glass Room نوشته لستر فولر و ادوین رولف، در سال 1946، محبوب شد، جایی که آمده :
“You can never tell a book by its cover.”
جمله های مثال از Don’t judge a book by its cover
▪️ You can’t judge a book by its cover, as the old saying goes.
▪️ The candidate did not look very intelligent, but you can’t judge a book by its cover.
▪️ The hotel looked attractive from outside, but the rooms were damp and not well maintained. You can’t judge a book by its cover!
Do not form opinions of a persons character by looking at his appearance. You can’t judge a book by its cover.
At first we did not want to go into the restaurant as it looked small and cramped; but the food was delicious – we realized that you can’t judge a book by its cover.
The car was small and looked unsuited for a long trip, but packed a lot of power and was very solid. You can’t judge a book by its cover.
That man may look very small and insignificant, but don’t judge a book by its cover – he’s a very powerful man in his circle.
Source: theidioms.com
▪️ This report may look dull, but don’t judge a book by its cover—I will have you riveted by the facts and figures in no time!
▪️ I know she dresses a little frumpy, but don’t judge a book by its cover, man!
▪️ He seemed like a bit of a jerk to me, but I guess you can’t judge a book by its cover.
▪️ That man may look very small and insignificant, but don’t judge a book by its cover – he’s a very powerful man in his circle
▪️ “You do judge a book by its cover, but a beautiful book leads you to read it more closely,” he said in an Association for Psychological Science news release
