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skin-deep adj
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skin-deep — /skin deep /, adj. 1. superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin deep. adv. 2. slightly; superficially: He went into the subject only skin deep. [1605 15] * * * … Universalium
skin-deep — skin′ deep′ adj. superficial; not profound or substantial • Etymology: 1605–15 … From formal English to slang
skin-deep — [adj] superficial apparent, casual, cursory, empty, flimsy, meaningless, onedimensional, on the surface, shallow, trivial; concepts 557,777 … New thesaurus
skin deep — also skin deep ADJ: usu v link ADJ Something that is only skin deep is not a major or important feature of something, although it may appear to be. Beauty is only skin deep... He denies that racism is just skin deep … English dictionary
skin-deep — [skin′dēp′] adj. 1. penetrating no deeper than the skin 2. without real depth or significance; superficial; shallow adv. so as to be only skin deep; superficially … English World dictionary
skin-deep — {adj.} Only on the surface; not having any deep or honest meaning; not really or closely connected with what it seems to belong to. * /Mary s friendliness with Joan is only skin deep./ * /Ralph crammed for the test and got a good grade, but his… … Dictionary of American idioms
skin-deep — {adj.} Only on the surface; not having any deep or honest meaning; not really or closely connected with what it seems to belong to. * /Mary s friendliness with Joan is only skin deep./ * /Ralph crammed for the test and got a good grade, but his… … Dictionary of American idioms
skin-deep — adj Only on the surface; not having any deep or honest meaning; not really or closely connected with what it seems to belong to. Mary s friendliness with Joan is only skin deep. Ralph crammed for the test and got a good grade, but his knowledge… … Словарь американских идиом
skin-deep — adj shallow, superficial, external, outward, on the surface, surface; artificial, plastic, pseudo, fake; unprofound, empty, meaningless, unsubstantial; trifling, unimportant, insignificant, petty, trivial, frivolous, slight … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
skin — n. & v. n. 1 the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin of a flayed animal with or without the hair etc. b a material prepared from skins esp. of smaller animals (opp. HIDE(2)). 3 a person s skin with reference … Useful english dictionary
