Como te ven, te tratan

Meaning: People treat you according to how you look.

Literally: As they see you, so they treat you

Example: “Ponte traje para la reunión; como te ven, te tratan.” — Wear a suit to the meeting: first impressions count.

Equivalents in English, French, Japanese, German, Italian, and 3 more languages

English: Fine feathers make fine birds.
French: La belle plume fait le bel oiseau (literally: Fine feathers make fine birds)
Japanese: 馬子にも衣装 (Mako ni mo ishō) (literally: Even a packhorse driver looks fine in good clothes)
German: Kleider machen Leute (literally: Clothes make people)
Italian: Vesti un ciocco, pare un fiocco (literally: Dress up a log and it looks like a bow)
Dutch: De kleren maken de man (literally: Clothes make the man)
Polish: Jak cię widzą, tak cię piszą (literally: As they see you, so they describe you)
Korean: 옷이 날개라 (Osi nalgaera) (literally: Clothes are wings)

Origin: As they see you, so they treat you: appearance sets the tone.

Colorful expressions from dozens of languages, with their word-for-word translations.

de Pascuas a Ramos Once in a blue moon; extremely rarely or at great intervals.
con lo puesto With nothing but the clothes on one's back; in a state of complete destitution.
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