An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet...

0 The dress does not make a man02br
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00 The dress does not a man make0-

0 Hello Marius!:)02br
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00Thanks for your answer but I still don't understand what it means..and neither I understand the example you wrote..050010id6

0 Your dress/costume does not change who/what you are, nor your character. 02br
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00> ... it means..and neither I understand ...02br
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00 it means, 01b00nor do I02b00 understand ...0-

0 Thanks for the correction, Marius!:) (Nor do I, I don't know how to use it but I know there was a thread about it, I'll read it now)02br
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00Does that mean that you can't be the one you aren't? 0-

0 Yes, to some extent it means that. 0-

0Does that mean that you can't be the one you aren't? 02br
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00Do you think a varlet is good? It isn't. It just means that whatever someone is dressed up as, if they are rubbish inside then they are still rubbish inside. It could also apply to things.02br
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00I suppose it another way of saying 'you can't judge a book by its cover'.0-

0 Hello again, Marius!02br
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00When should we use it? Could it be used in this way?02br
01font00- Sara promised she would change and seems she managed it.02font02br
01font00- No, I don't think she did.02font02br
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0Hello Nona!:)01blockquote

01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10'you can't judge a book by its cover'.12blockquote

10 Yes, I also read this one! And understood it! So, they are synonymous..02br
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00Thanks for your help!0-

0 Pucca -- "You can't judge a book by its cover" is very common, but I have never heard the line about apes and varlets in my entire life! "Varlet" is a word that was used in Shakespeare's day. 0-

0 Hello Khoff!:)02br
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00I read it in a book!:) It had lots of idioms or expressions in English and I decided to write the ones which I didn't understand and the ones I liked.02br
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00So, the only expression used now is "You can't judge a book by its cover", right? 0-