🗣️ Norway: “Not all that glitters is gold”

Norwegian proverb · Europe

Det er ikke gull alt som glimter.

deːt ɛr ˈikːə ɡʉl alə sm ˈɡlɪmːtə

“Not all that glitters is gold”

Shiny things are not always genuine — appearances deceive, the Norse form of a universal warning.

About this proverb

Origin country	Norway
Region	Europe
Language	Norwegian
Romanisation	deːt ɛr ˈikːə ɡʉl alə sm ˈɡlɪmːtə

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