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Meanings of skin-deep in inglés

Surface.

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Usage of skin-deep in inglés
1
In gaining in skin-deep civilisation we have lost in the animal-fighting capacity.
Indiscreet Letters From Peking / Being the Notes of an Eye-Witne...
2
More to the point, I knew that her beauty was only skin-deep.
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3
It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
4
He is a Spaniard, and has the skin-deep politeness of his race.
The Summons
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Grace may be but skin-deep-verypleasant and attractive, and yet very heartless.
Character
6
We'd like to believe beauty is only skin-deep-butthat just ain't the case.
Ebony
7
The word skin-deep hypnotism might well be applied to the cases just mentioned.
Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men
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Beauty may be only skin-deep; modesty, like mine, pervades the grain.
The Blunders of a Bashful Man
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You know now why the Oriental question is more than skin-deep.
The Canadian Commonwealth
10
Beneath the skin-deep harmony of form, he divines the deep-seated recalcitrance of matter.
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
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These were the skin-deep mating criteria of men on the run.
The Disposable Male
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Beauty is only skin-deep, but the nerves lie very near to the skin.
Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
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These things are only skin-deep, and all depend on edication and nat'ral gifts.
The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea
14
Alice's beauty, as compared with Mrs. Bethune's settled income, is skin-deep.
Winter Evening Tales
15
The brightness on the face of Moses was only skin-deep.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
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You know where to go for salve for such skin-deep scratches as I make.
The Way We Live Now
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