@Chriseindt@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 years ago"Don't judge a book by its cover." is a bad idiom, because bookcovers are desinged to represent the content of the book.message-square39arrow-up1220
arrow-up1220message-square"Don't judge a book by its cover." is a bad idiom, because bookcovers are desinged to represent the content of the book.@Chriseindt@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square39
minus-square@ruk_n_rul@monyet.cclinkfedilink12•2 years agoIt wasn’t when the idiom was coined. Have you seen hard-bound books from the 19th century in libraries?
It wasn’t when the idiom was coined. Have you seen hard-bound books from the 19th century in libraries?
didn’t most books look the same back then?