@Chriseindt@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 11 months 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-square40fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down160
arrow-up1181arrow-down1message-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 • 11 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-square@ruk_n_rullink12•11 months 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?