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Richard Armour

(1906—1989)

U.S. humorous writer

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

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skin-deep

[skin-deep] {adj.} Only on the surface; not having any deep or honest meaning; not really or closely connected with what it seems to belong to. * /Mary's friendliness with Joan […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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skin

[skin] See: [BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH], [GET UNDER ONE'S SKIN], [JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN], [KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED] or [KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED], [SAVE ONE'S NECK] or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in a world of one's own

[in a world of one's own] or [in a world by oneself] 1. In the place where you belong; in your own personal surroundings; apart from other people. * /They […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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