Phrase guide
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Superficial; incompetent or having no substance despite appearances, skin-deep; portraying oneself as greater than one actually is; all style and no substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singlish, idiomatic
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Unpalatable despite having great presentation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singlish, literally
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History
From Hokkien 好看無好食 /好看无好食 (hó-khòan bô hó-chia̍h, literally “good to look at, not good to eat”).
