English
Alternative forms
Proverb
all that glitters is not gold
- Things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so; things that look nice might not be as good as they look.
Synonyms
Translations
things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so
- Basque: distira guztiak ez dira urre
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 金玉其外，敗絮其中 (zh), 金玉其外，败絮其中 (zh) (jīnyù-qíwài, bàixù-qízhōng), 虛有其表 (zh), 虚有其表 (zh) (xūyǒu-qíbiǎo)
- Czech: není všechno zlato co se třpytí
- Danish: det er ikke alt guld, som skinner, de er ikke alle venner, som smiler
- Dutch: het is niet alles goud wat er blinkt
- Esperanto: ne ĉio brilanta estas diamanto
- Faroese: ikki er alt gull, ið glitrar
- Finnish: kaikki ei ole kultaa mikä kiiltää
- French: tout ce qui brille n’est pas or (fr)
- German: es ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt (de)
- Greek: ό,τι λάμπει δεν είναι χρυσός (el) (ó,ti lámpei den eínai chrysós)
- Hebrew: לא כל הנוצץ זהב הוא (he) (lo kol hanotzetz zahav hu)
- Hungarian: nem mind arany, ami fénylik (hu)
- Icelandic: ekki er allt gull sem glóir (is)
- Italian: non è tutt'oro ciò che luccica, non è tutto oro quello che luccica
- Japanese: 光るものすべて金ならず (hikaru mono subete kin narazu)
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See also
References
- Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 9.