What you see is what you get

Meaning: There's nothing hidden or disguised.

Origin: American English from the 1960s, popularized by computing in the 1970s as 'WYSIWYG.'

Translations

• French: Ce que tu vois, c'est ce que tu obtiens (literally: What you see is what you get)
• Spanish: Lo que ves es lo que hay (literally: What you see is what there is)
• Japanese: 見たまま、そのまま (Mita mama, sono mama) (literally: As seen, as is)

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