" Todo lo que brilla no es oro"

Question

What does it mean" todo lo que brilla no es oro" in English. This is an adage.

Answer 1

All that glitters is not gold.

Answer 2

Perro que ladra no muerde.

His bark is worse than his bite (literally: a dog that barks doesn't bite)

Answer 3

Perro que ladra no muerde.

Answer 4

Another expression for "All that glitters is not gold" is "No es oro todo lo que reluce"

Relucir = to twinkle - glitter

I love these expressions/sayings/idioms/proverbs. We have been doing them in class - however I do feel that you have to have a reasonable level of conversational Spanish to be able to use them!