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APPEARANCES are deceptive
A common US form is
appearances are deceiving.
1666
Italian Proverbs
12
Appearance oft deceives.
1748
Gil Blas
(1749) III. vii. i.
Egad, appearances are very deceitful.
1784
in
Collections of Massachusetts Hist. Society
(1877) III. 186
The appearances in those mountainous regions are extremely deceptive.
1846
Typee
xxiv.
Appearances .. are deceptive. Little men are sometimes very potent, and rags sometimes cover very extensive pretensions.
1927
Lucia in London
v.
Mr. Merriall .. watched the three figures at Georgie's door. ‘Appearances are deceptive,’ he said. ‘But isn't that Olga Shuttleworth and Princess Isabel?’
1976
Kinflicks
(1977) ii.
Apparently she looked lost and in need … A ready convert. And in this case, appearances weren't deceiving.
appearance, deceptive
;
deception
appearances are deceiving.
1666Italian Proverbs
12
Appearance oft deceives.
1748
Gil Blas
(1749) III. vii. i.
Egad, appearances are very deceitful.
1784
in
Collections of Massachusetts Hist. Society
(1877) III. 186
The appearances in those mountainous regions are extremely deceptive.
1846
Typee
xxiv.
Appearances .. are deceptive. Little men are sometimes very potent, and rags sometimes cover very extensive pretensions.
1927
Lucia in London
v.
Mr. Merriall .. watched the three figures at Georgie's door. ‘Appearances are deceptive,’ he said. ‘But isn't that Olga Shuttleworth and Princess Isabel?’
1976
Kinflicks
(1977) ii.
Apparently she looked lost and in need … A ready convert. And in this case, appearances weren't deceiving.
appearance, deceptive;
deception
APPETITE comes with eating
Desire or facility increases as an activity proceeds. Cf.
1534
RABELAIS
Gargantua
I. 5
l'appétit vient en mangeant
, appetite comes with eating;
1600
–
1
SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet
I. ii. 143 Why, she would hang on him As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on.
1653
& tr.
Rabelais' Gargantua
I. v.
Appetite comes with eating.
a
1721
Dialogues of Dead
(1907) 227
But as we say in France, the Appetite comes in Eating; so in Writing You stil found more to writ.
1906
From Yalu to Port Arthur
i.
Appetite comes with eating. Having absorbed Port Arthur and begun on Manchuria, Russia saw no reason why she should not have Korea also.
1943
Congo Song
xxiv.
The appetite came with eating. The more he had of her, the more he wanted.
wanting and having
1534
RABELAIS
Gargantua
I. 5
l'appétit vient en mangeant
, appetite comes with eating;
1600
–
1
SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet
I. ii. 143 Why, she would hang on him As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on.
1653& tr.
Rabelais' Gargantua
I. v.
Appetite comes with eating.
a
1721
Dialogues of Dead
(1907) 227
But as we say in France, the Appetite comes in Eating; so in Writing You stil found more to writ.
1906
From Yalu to Port Arthur
i.
Appetite comes with eating. Having absorbed Port Arthur and begun on Manchuria, Russia saw no reason why she should not have Korea also.
1943
Congo Song
xxiv.
The appetite came with eating. The more he had of her, the more he wanted.
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