Usually means: Not everything valuable appears valuable.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. all that glitters is not gold: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. All that glitters is not gold: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. all that glitters is not gold: Wiktionary
  4. All that glitters is not gold: Dictionary.com
  5. All that glitters is not gold: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. All That Glitters Is Not Gold: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  7. All that glitters is not gold: Phrase Finder

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. All that glitters is not gold: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (All that glitters is not gold)

noun:  "All that glitters is not gold" is an aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so.


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