beauty is in the eye of the beholder

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

English

Alternative forms

• beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjuːti ɪz ɪn ðiː aɪ əv ðiː bɪˈhəʊldə/

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Proverb

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

1. Different people have different views on what is beautiful; beauty is subjective.

Translations

people have different ideas of what is beautiful

Arabic: الْجَمَالُ فِي عَيْنِ النَّاظِرِ‎ (al-jamālu fī ʿayni n-nāẓiri), (please verify) الْجَمَالُ مَقْرُون بِعَيْنِ الْمُلَاحِظِ‎ (al-jamālu maqrūn biʿayni l-mulāḥiẓi) Moroccan Arabic: كل خنفوس عند امه غزال‎ (kulla ḵanfūs ʕand ummu ḡzāl), القرد فعين امه غزال‎ (el-qard f-ʕīn ummu ḡzāl) Bulgarian: красота́та е в очи́те на гле́дащия (krasotáta e v očíte na glédaštija) Chinese: Mandarin: 情人眼裡出西施／情人眼里出西施 (zh) (qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xī Shī), 情人眼中出西施 (qíngrén yǎnzhōng chū Xīshī) Czech: krása tkví v oku pozorovatele Danish: skønhed ligger i øjet der ser Estonian: ilu on vaataja silmades Finnish: kauneus on katsojan silmissä French: il n’y a point de laides amours German: Schönheit liegt im Auge des Betrachters (de), die Schönheit liegt im Auge des Betrachters (de) Hindi: खूबसूरती देखने वालों के आँखों में होती है (khūbsūrtī dekhne vālõ ke ā̃khõ mẽ hotī hai) Hungarian: a szépség a szemlélő szemében van Irish: nochtann grá gnaoi, folaíonn grá gráin, is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin Italian: la bellezza sta negli occhi di chi guarda Korean: 아름다움은 그것을 보는 사람 눈에 달려있다 (areumdaumeun geugeoseul boneun saram nune dallyeoitda) Malay: Jawi: ايلوق بوروق د مات اورڠ تقکن سام د مات کيت‎ Rumi: elok buruk di mata orang takkan sama di mata kita Polish: nie to ładne, co ładne, ale to co się komu podoba Portuguese: a beleza está nos olhos de quem vê (pt) (Brazil), a beleza está nos olhos de quem a vê (Portugal) Russian: не по хоро́шу мил, а по ми́лу хоро́ш (ne po xoróšu mil, a po mílu xoróš) Slovak: rása je v oku pozorovateľa Slovene: vsake oči imajo svojega malarja Swedish: skönheten ligger i betraktarens ögon Turkish: güzellik bakanın gözündedir

See also

• eye of the beholder

References

• Gregory Y. Titelman (1996) Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, →ISBN, page 21