粵

好hou2眉mei4好hou2貌maau6生saang1沙saa1虱sat1

hou2 mei4 hou2 maau6 saang1 saa1 sat1hǎo méi hǎo mào shēng shā shīinferred

English

  1. (of a person) despicable albeit good-looking; all that glitters is not gold; literally: a person who has pretty face and eyebrows is infested with sand fleas

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一個人外貌俊俏但係內裏品格卑劣

Examples

  • 呢個男人西裝骨骨,竟然喺地鐵度非禮女學生,真係好眉好貌生沙虱嘞。

    This man, wearing a well-tailored suit, dressed decently, molested a schoolgirl on an MTR train; all that glitters is not gold.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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