"Don't judge a book by its cover." is a bad idiom, because bookcovers are desinged to represent the content of the book. - eviltoast
  • Decimit@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It was very true for movies in the 80s. The cover would sometimes not have anything to do with the movie at all. Horror and sci-fi movies would show monsters that never appeared in the movie.