APAD: Handsome is as handsome does.

APAD: Handsome is as handsome does.

 

Meaning:

Good deeds are more important than good looks.

 

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I'll skip the background and go striaght to the script of Forrest Gump, the 1994

blockbuster, which repeats a similar phrase.

 

When Jenny and Forrest first met:

   JENNY:   Are you stupid or something.

   FORREST: Mommy says stupid is as stupid does.

 

When Forrest first visited Bubba's family:

   MRS. BLUE: Are you crazy, or just plain stupid?

   FORREST:   Stupid is as stupid does, Mrs. Blue.

 

When Forrest paid an old black shrimper a large wad of cash,

   OLD SHRIMPER: Tell me something. Are you stupid or something?

   FORREST:      Stupid is as stupid does, sir.

 

It was so memorable also because at the New Oriental School, we were encouraged

to recite the script to better English speaking.

所有跟帖： 

• I am not just a pretty face -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 10:24:46

• You also have stunning biceps :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 10:31:04

• 好看不能当饭吃，I have heard this saying when I was a kid. -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 12:34:59

• Good looks do seem to open doors, though. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 13:19:16

• 相由心生？ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 13:14:28

• 相由心生 sounds like a different story :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 13:20:27

• 不看内容，只看字面。Stupid is as stupid does. 感觉就是人可貌相的意思啊：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 13:24:24

• Okay. As long as we know what it means :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 13:36:10

• I saw myself in the mirror, then have nothing to say :)) -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 15:58:27

• Try this if you haven't: I always am. :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 16:49:02

• 好看不如实用 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 15:04:46

• 银样蜡枪头？ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 19:49:50

• 好看的皮囊千篇一律。 Beauty is only skin deep. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 15:19:29

• Stupid is as stupid does —— 俺傻，怎么着吧？ -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 16:31:34

• See this is the reason I dare not translate :-)) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2023 postreply 16:46:13

• “recite the script to better English speaking.” indeed！ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/16/2023 postreply 10:09:03

• 好看仅仅是好看，不能说明其他问题 -一荷- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/17/2023 postreply 08:17:25