Will anyone pls give me explanation of proverb "all that glitters is not gold"?

Question

for writing essay

Answer 1

well if your reading a bible your probably Christan so you understand sin.  but when you were in sin it was good and its normal to crave sin even after you get saved so it is of the up most importance that you know were sin will take you

it also says in proverbs that the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey and smoother than oil which seems good but in the end it will all bring you to h**l

so all that looks good ain't good cause a beer looks good but it ain't

Answer 2

Something that may look valuable is  sometimes not worth anything at all. Anything could fall in that "something" category. A person, a vehicle, a profession... anything can blind you with beauty and importance but sometimes it takes a better closer look to know what you are really looking at.

Answer 3

Just because it looks good (glitters), doesn't necessarily mean that it is.

You can apply that to people ... just because they "look" the part doesn't necessarily mean they're "gold" (good people).

Or you can apply it to business deals, etc, just because it all looks good, doesn't necessarily mean that is is.

Answer 4

I think it mean that sometimes there is a diamond hidden in a coal mine.

You can not judge, people by what they look to you, their beauty is not their definition, their words are not their religion.

What is hidden behind the cloud is the real thing, so you cant call any one dark by their colour, cause sometimes hiding behing the dark cloud is the gentle moon

Answer 5

Kind of like don't judge a book by it's cover.  Just because something looks good or happy or great, doesn't mean it is.

Answer 6

Something might appear to be valuable or worthy, but in reality it can bite you on the butt

Answer 7

The quote as we know it today is actually from Shakespeare, who wrote in The Merchant of Venice "All that glisters is not gold/Often have you heard that told."  "Glisters" is an old form of "glitters" and is related to "glisten."

But the idea goes back much further, to Chaucer and before.  Reportedly, Alanis de Insulus, who lived in the 1200s, wrote (and this is my translation from his Latin), "Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold."

Thus, the intent is to say, "If something looks like a good thing or a good idea, check it out thoroughly,  because a lot of things that look good on the surface are actually worthless underneath."

Answer 8

you don't have to 'glitter' (eg look good) to be great.

Answer 9

everything that looks appealing on the surface might not be as useful... whereas something less attractive is of greater use...

Answer 10

I can tell u the meaning as

all students who are intelligent hav some mistakes in them

I meanthat all bright students will be lacking in something or the other

in hindi th meaning is " har chamakne waali cheez sona nahin hoti"

Answer 11

this means that even although it looks really good it might not be good like  cubic zircon looks like a diamond but it's worth nothing

Answer 12

do judge any thing on face value look at the prons & corns & then decideSo everthing shining may not necessary be the gold .

Answer 13

To me this means that not all your showy cars or money necesarrily means your rich. There is more to life and you can be rich without having a huge house and millions of dollars to prove it. Listen to the song Coat of many colors by Dolly Parton i know it's cheesy but it'll help explain the quote.

Answer 14

It means that a showy object may not necessarily be valuable.  Just because something looks valuable, doesn't mean it is.  Don't take something just as it seems.