handsome is that handsome does

proverb One's character is more important than one's physical attractiveness. Would you go out with my friend Doug? I know you don't think he's very good-looking, but he's just the nicest guy, and handsome is that handsome does.

See also: does, handsome, that

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

at doorstep
at (one's) doorstep
at (one's) expense
at expense
at somebody's expense
at someone's expense
at the end of (one's) fingertips
be remembered as (something)
be remembered as/for something
be in someone's good graces

References in classic literature

To be sure, I never thought as it was any harm to say a young man was handsome; but to be sure I shall never think him so any more now; for handsome is that handsome does. A beggar wench!--"

The History of Tom Jones a Foundling

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释义	handsome is that handsome does handsome is that handsome does proverb One's character is more important than one's physical attractiveness. Would you go out with my friend Doug? I know you don't think he's very good-looking, but he's just the nicest guy, and handsome is that handsome does. See also: does, handsome, that Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: at doorstep at (one's) doorstep at (one's) expense at expense at somebody's expense at someone's expense at the end of (one's) fingertips be remembered as (something) be remembered as/for something be in someone's good graces References in classic literature To be sure, I never thought as it was any harm to say a young man was handsome; but to be sure I shall never think him so any more now; for handsome is that handsome does. A beggar wench!--" The History of Tom Jones a Foundling
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