| English | Russian |
| don't judge a book by its cover | не всё то золото, что блестит (Anglophile) |
| judge a book by its cover | судить по внешнему виду |
| judge of a book by its cover | судить о книге по обложке (a student by his answer, a woman by her appearance, others by oneself, etc., и т.д.) |
| never judge a book by its cover | не суди о книге по обложке |
| you can't judge a book by the/its cover | нельзя судить о человеке по внешнему виду (Liv Bliss) |