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Beauty is only skin deep. 《諺》美貌はただの皮一枚 (本当の美しさは外見ではない。)
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There is a saying, “beauty is only skin deep.” In spite of this, people around the world try to be beautiful, although each culture may define beauty differently. The results of a new study may make people wonder if the idiom about beauty is wrong. The study by Danish researchers investigated over 1,800 pairs of twins over the age of 70. It found that people who looked younger than their actual age were far more likely to live longer. In the study, people judged the ages of the twins, and the results indicate that the bigger the difference in the perceived age, the more likely it was for the older-looking twin to die first. (by Prof. Carmella, Lieske)
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