A dark man's a jewel in a fair woman's eye.
Meaning: Beauty standards flip based on contrast; what seems ordinary gains value through its rarity or difference in a particular context.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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From our compliments & insults
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- Eres un crack — You're brilliant — a total star at what you do.
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