Appearances are deceptive. .
The face is the index of the mind. .
A fair face may hide a foul heart. .
Besides this, here are some phraseological units which may prove useful when making a comparison:
As tall as a maypole. .
As thin as a lath. .
As stiff as a poker. .
As like as two peas. .
CONVERSATIONS
I.
ALICE: I say Mike, I've just had a wire from Mary. She's coming with the 5.30 train. And I have a meeting at 5. Will you do me a favour and meet her at the station?
MIKE: I've never seen her, how could I possibly recognize her?
ALICE: Oh, it's quite easy, she's just like her mother.
MIKE: Most helpful I'm sure, but the trouble is I've never seen her mother either.
ALICE: I'm sorry, I forgot. And I'm afraid I haven't any photos of her.
MIKE: Try to describe her. What does she look like?
ALICE: A tall slender girl of 18 with an oval face.
MIKE: Complexion?
ALICE: Rather pale.
MIKE: Hair?
ALICE: Fair and bobbed. Light grey eyes, deep-set, a small straight nose, a big mouth with white, even teeth and a pleasant smile.
MIKE: I'm sure there'll be at least a dozen girls like that at the station.
ALICE: Oh, I'd clean forgotten! There's a mole as big as a pea on her left cheek!
MIKE: That'll help me for sure. Go to your meeting, I promise to be on the platform at sharp in search of a slender girl with a mole on her left cheek.
II.
CUSTOMER: I want a shave, please.
ASSISTANT: Yes, sir.
CUSTOMER: And a haircut, please, but don't cut my hair too close.
ASSISTANT: Just as you like, sir. Your hair is getting rather thin, sir, may I advise you to change your parting? Would you like it on the right side, sir?
CUSTOMER: Good. And you can trim my moustache too.
ASSISTANT: Very good, sir.
CUSTOMER: I want my hair shampooed and set.
ASSISTANT: Very well, madam.
CUSTOMER: And have you any pictures of new hairstyles? I'd like to try something new.
ASSISTANT: Yes, madam. Here are the latest styles. Look at that one. It's very much in vogue now. Your hair is long and such a lovely auburn that it'll look perfect in a knot at the back.
CUSTOMER: But won't it make" my face look too round?
ASSISTANT: Oh, no, I'm sure it'll look quite nice on you, madam.
CUSTOMER: All right, do my hair like that, and if it doesn't suit me you'll simply have to restyle it.
ASSISTANT: Very well, madam.
III.
GRACE: Why don't you dance with Henry?
BEATRICE: Because we make such a funny pair: he's short and broad and strong, and I'm tall, thin and pale.
GRACE: Nonsense, my dear. He isn't short, only medium, height, and you are just a trifle above the middle size. And he dances perfectly, I can tell you.
BEATRICE: I know he does. But I prefer dancing with Billy. For all his long legs and lean figure Billy's a very good dancer, isn't he?
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GRACE: Yes, he is, and I like his face. It may be ugly, but there's something awfully nice about it. BEATRICE: But he isn't ugly at all, especially when he smiles and shows those perfect teeth of his. GRACE: Still, Henry's decidedly handsome, which Bill is not.
BEATRICE: But there's something unkind in the look of his grey eyes. I always feel uncomfortable when he looks at me.
IV.
GALYA: Inna is a regular beauty!
VERA: And she knows it well, does Inna.
GALYA: She's got such a superb figure and such regular features!
VERA: and her hair's so thick.and looks quite golden in the sunshine!
GALYA: Isn't it strange that her twin sister is quite a plain girl?
VERA: Yes, it is. To have such good-looking parents, and be so different!
GALYA: They say Olga takes after their grandfather and Inna has inherited her good looks from her parents.
VERA: Olga's certainly plain, but when she sings you forget her common face.
GALYA: You are right, Vera.
