British, American & Australian, British, literary

something that you say to warn someone that sometimes people or things that appear attractive have no real value.

This film has an all-star cast, but all that glisters is not gold. It fails because of its weak story.

• name is mud
• name names
• name of the game
• name the day
• name to conjure with
• narrow escape
• natural-born
• nature of the beast
• navel-gazing
• near and dear to
• near and dear to you
• near at hand
• nearest and dearest
• nearly fall off chair
• nearly fall off your chair
• nearly jump out of skin
• nearly jump out of your skin
• near miss
• necessary evil
• Necessity is the mother of invention.
• neck and neck
• neck of the woods
• need head examined
• need head examining
• need I say more