What does the Saying mean?

Question

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder.

Answer 1

It means everyone has their definition of beauty. What beautyful for one person may be butt ugly for someone else.

As in art, some art work out their I wouldn't consider art at all, but others pay a fortune for something they see in it.

Same with the phrase beauty is skin deep. Others define it as what is inside should show on the outside, meaning if somebody is dropdead gorgeouse she is just the same inside, and someone who is not so nice looking doesn't.

The truth is goodlooking people, doesn't mean great health, or mean great people. Their are alot of non goodlooking, even over weight people out their who are great on the inside.

Meaning beauty is in the eye of beholder, if he or she sees past all on outside and not judge book by the cover, he will see the true beauty on the inside and see what other do not see and it is different for everyone.

The beholder is the person who is to judge for him or her what he or she consider beauty.

Answer 2

It means no matter what anyone else thinks if you see beauty then it's there. It's like looking at a painting. You might hate it but the guy next to you might think it's the best master piece he has ever seen....the beauty was in the eye of the beholder. He say beauty where you couldn't. That's whats so great about beauty it's different for everyone. Imagine if we all thought the same things were beautiful boring!!!

Answer 3

Only the person looking at someting can decide for himself/herself if whatever they're looking st it pleasing to their eyes or not.....The REAL question is, Is this beauty purely what the individual thinks on his/her own, or is the beauty he/she sees an interpretation of what society tells him/her  beauty actually is (from society and culture one is raised in)???

Answer 4

The beauty is in the eyes of the beholder - Oscar Wilde

You may look at someone or something and not see any beauty in it, but someone else may have a vested interest in it and see the same thing as most beautiful.

An ugly baby will look beautiful to it's mother.

Answer 5

This simply means that every single person is different. So, therfore the beholder (the person) may think something is beautiful where another may not. The beholder  (the person) chooses what is beautiful for their taste and not what others find beautiful. I hope this makes sense. So basically put it like this... Ex: You may approach a beautiful painting and look at it and say that it is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen and the person standing next to you with totally different taste may think it is the most horrendous thing they have ever seen! Everyone has there own sense of style and taste.

Answer 6

I love that saying, not sure who originally said it because so many websites say different things

Beauty is based on opinion anything can be and is beautiful in some way

meaning a person can find something or someone to be hideous, and someone else could find the same thing or person and think its the most beautiful thing on earth

Answer 7

Being that I am part of the disabled community of having spina bifida,,this is a common saying...some people might look at us as ugly cause we look different and have deformity...But there are people that also see the beauty in us....

You could meet someone that is beautiful and s**y,,but after you been with them you might see there is no beauty in them,,and in ways you see there ugliness ....

Answer 8

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Knowing who the beholder is.God.The designer of every walk of life. The beauty that is seen is in us all. Every thing is beautifully in its' and their own way. They come in different shapes and sizes. Varieties of colors. From the tallest to the smallest. Some are skinny some are fat. Sculptured fine pieces of art.  Within the mysteries of conception their came the beauty of life. Humanity. It is interesting knowing. That each of us brings out our beauty for the world to see.

Answer 9

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder means that different people will find different things beautiful and that the differences of opinion don't matter greatly.

Answer 10

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder means, in my own accessment... Beauty can be seen in different ways in different perspective...  beauty is seen in many ways. It depends on the person looking on it and decides on what compliment he'll gonna say. Beauty is a broad word. "there is beauty in everything... i depends on what angle your sight would be"

Answer 11

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder means this:

Beauty means different things to different people.  Some people like their men or women toned, while others don't mind a few pounds, while others like them heavy, and some don't even mind the color of the skin...they're more attracted to the mind.   There's nothing wrong with either...beauty IS in the eye of the beholder.

Answer 12

It means that beauty is not a quality that is inherent to the thing observed, but it is a subjective judgment of the person who is doing the observing.

It first appeared in Greek in the 3rd century BC, but it is often attributed to Shakespeare as it is found in "Love's Labours Lost"

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Answer 13

This saying means that everyone's idea of beauty is different. What is beautiful to me may not be beautiful to you and visa-versa. That goes for beauty in people, places and things. An example is that I feel dandelions are beautiful. They are yellow and pretty and they make me smile when I see them. Many other people think they are horrible because they look at them as if they are a terrible weed that makes their grass look bad. You have to think...if dandelions were the only flowers (weed) on earth, I think they would be looked at differently.

Answer 14

The saying "Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder" is from a Sci-fi flick called,"Eye of the Beholder". It was basically about this woman who was "hideous" and all you see are shadows during the whole movie,but these doctors keep preforming surgery on her and finally at the end of the movie they remove the bandages and she looks like a very beautiful human woman. Well,the doctors shriek and their actual faces come into clear view. The doctors are these,to our standards,ugly monsters and they are telling her she is ugly. So therefore, the quote means, to some people one thing could be beautiful,but to another person it could be repulsive.

Answer 15

This saying first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. It didn't appear in its current form in print until the 19th century, but in the meantime there were various written forms that expressed much the same thought. In 1588, the English dramatist John Lyly, in his Euphues and his England, wrote:

    "...as neere is Fancie to Beautie, as the pricke to the Rose, as the stalke to the rynde, as the earth to the roote."

Shakespeare expressed a similar sentiment in Love's Labours Lost, 1588:

    Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean,

    Needs not the painted flourish of your praise:

    Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye,

    Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues

Benjamin Franklin, in Poor Richard's Almanack, 1741, wrote:

    Beauty, like supreme dominion

    Is but supported by opinion

beauty is in the eye of the beholderDavid Hume's Essays, Moral and Political, 1742, include:

    "Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them."

The person who is widely credited with coining the saying in its current form is Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (née Hamilton), who wrote many books, often under the pseudonym of 'The Duchess'. In Molly Bawn, 1878, there's the line "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which is the earliest citation of it that I can find in print.

Answer 16

It means that each person has their own standard of what is beautiful for them.

There is hardly anything new under the sun, all good ideas can be traced back to the Greeks.

It was first used by Greeks in 3rd century B.C., and also by Shakespeare in 17th century.

In 1588, the English dramatist John Lyly, in his "Euphues and his England," also had a similar saying.

The person who is widely credited with coining the saying in its current form is Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (née Hamilton), who wrote many books, often under the pseudonym of 'The Duchess'.

In "Molly Bawn", 1878, there's the line "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which is the earliest citation of it in writing with those exact words.

My reference below gives you more info about this saying.

Answer 17

Meaning

Literal meaning

Origin

This saying first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. It didn't appear in its current form in print until the 19th century, but in the meantime there were various written forms that expressed much the same thought. In 1588, the English dramatist John Lyly, in his Euphues and his England, wrote:

"...as neere is Fancie to Beautie, as the pricke to the Rose, as the stalke to the rynde, as the earth to the roote."

Shakespeare expressed a similar sentiment in Love's Labours Lost, 1588:

Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean,

Needs not the painted flourish of your praise:

Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye,

Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues

Benjamin Franklin, in Poor Richard's Almanack, 1741, wrote:

Beauty, like supreme dominion

Is but supported by opinion

David Hume's Essays, Moral and Political, 1742, include:

"Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them."

The person who is widely credited with coining the saying in its current form is Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (née Hamilton), who wrote many books, often under the pseudonym of 'The Duchess'. In Molly Bawn, 1878, there's the line "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which is the earliest citation of it that I can find in print.

See other phrases and sayings from Shakespeare.

See also: the List of Proverbs.

Answer 18

The story about the Beauty and the Beast is the perfect example and also the Hunchback of Notre Dame...others would think what did these women see in them.. well Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder...beauty also comes from within... I have great respect for Beholders as they can see the forest for the trees or the trees for the forest...whatever :)

Answer 19

The person who is widely credited with coining the saying in its current form is Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (née Hamilton), who wrote many books, often under the pseudonym of 'The Duchess'. In Molly Bawn, 1878, there's the line "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which is the earliest citation of it that I can find in print.

  (the saying appeared originally in the 3rd cenury BC in Greek, but not in it its current form)

   The info above came from the website listed below.

As for the meaning: Beauty is subjective. One person  may find a particular piece of art beautiful and another may not find it all appealing. Or you may think the physical attributes of an individual are beautiful while I may in fact see them as plain. Hope this helped.

  http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/59100...

Answer 20

It means that not everybody is of the same opinion when it comes to what they see.  Beauty and the Beast is just a story.  But it's a classic example.  She saw the beauty of the beast when she got to know him.  Others just saw a beast.

Some people can see the beauty that's within a person.  And this will overcome what others may consider plain or homely.  Others can only see what's on the surface.

A person who is beautiful on the outside can be ugly on the inside.  And it will show.  I would rather be with the homely person who is beautiful on the inside.

I hope I answered your question well enough.  Have a good day.

P.S.  This is also very similar to the saying," Don't judge a book by its cover."  But that's for another Yahoo question!!!

Answer 21

It basically means that everyone has their own opinion of what is beautiful. Some people would think that a petite brunette is beautiful, while others may find tall blonds beautiful. Some may also consider both as beautiful. Beauty is what YOU think is beautiful. As for who first said this, I have no idea. It may be one of those timeless quotes that nobody knows where it came from. Or for all I know, it could be well known.

Answer 22

This saying first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. It didn't appear in its current form in print until the 19th century, but in the meantime there were various written forms that expressed much the same thought. In 1588, the English dramatist John Lyly, in his Euphues and his England, wrote:

"...as neere is Fancie to Beautie, as the pricke to the Rose, as the stalke to the rynde, as the earth to the roote."

Shakespeare expressed a similar sentiment in Love's Labours Lost, 1588:

Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean,

Needs not the painted flourish of your praise:

Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye,

Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues

Benjamin Franklin, in Poor Richard's Almanack, 1741, wrote:

Beauty, like supreme dominion

Is but supported by opinion

David Hume's Essays, Moral and Political, 1742, include:

"Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them."

The person who is widely credited with coining the saying in its current form is Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (née Hamilton), who wrote many books, often under the pseudonym of 'The Duchess'. In Molly Bawn, 1878, there's the line "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which is the earliest citation of it that I can find in print.

Answer 23

Beauty to different people is different.  We all have our measure of what beauty is.  Two people may be looking and talking to a very attractive person.  One sees the facial features and body's shape and thinks the person beautiful.  The other sees a kind spirit, great personality and fun loving nature and decides they are beautiful based on that.  They are both right based on their idea of beauty.

Don't know who first said it.

Answer 24

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" was apparently first stated by the Greeks around 3rd century bc. However, it did not get coined in english in the form that it is now until about the 19th century by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, an author. However many other authors like Shakespeare and John Lyley have written very similar things.

The quote basically means that one person's idea of beauty is totally different to someone else's. For example, I may think George Clooney is 'beautiful' but you may say he is ugly. It depends on what you consider beautiful.

Hope this helps you!!!!j

Answer 25

It just means that people have different views/opinions of what beauty is, u may be hideous to many but beautiful to others, its all in the eyes of the beholder.

Answer 26

The person who is widely credited with coining the saying in its current form is Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (née Hamilton), who wrote many books, often under the pseudonym of 'The Duchess'. In Molly Bawn, 1878, there's the line "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which is the earliest citation of it that I can find in print.

Answer 27

I think it basically means that everyone see's things and other people differently. What is beautiful to me may disgust you and what disgusts me may make you happy. You are the own judge of the world and what you think or make of it. What you think is beautiful, is beautiful to you, while it may not be the same for another person.

This saying first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. It didn't appear in its current form in print until the 19th century, but in the meantime there were various written forms that expressed much the same thought.The person who is widely credited with coining the saying in its current form is Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, who wrote many books, often under the pseudonym of 'The Duchess'. In Molly Bawn, 1878, there's the line "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which is the earliest citation of it that I can be found in print.

Answer 28

You might find in life people become more beautiful in your mind the longer you know them, that beauty isn't necessarily a skin deep thing, although immediately when you meet someone it is, it might grow or change the longer you know them. Also people have different tastes in what's beautiful & whats not, & those tastes change from person to person. Like you best friend might think someone's good looking who you don't & vice versa.

Answer 29

The history of that saying is unknown to me.  But it means that one person may see you as not attractive but another may see you as beautiful.  It depends on how the person feels about you.  If someone is in love with you he/she sees you as the most beautiful person in the world, but, others may not be able to figure out why because they see the person in a different way.  Your personality can make you beautiful to someone who knows you.