See skin-deep on Wiktionary
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"text": "Dead enough; to live thenceforth a galvanic life of mere Stump-Oratory; screeching and gibbering, words without wisdom, without veracity, without conviction more than skin-deep.",
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"text": "“He calls himself a white man,” answered the Master-Attendant scornfully; “but if so, it’s just skin-deep and no more. I told him that to his face too.”",
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"text": "Chris Huhne, environment spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, said Mr Blair's remarks showed he was \"delusional\" on climate change and that his environmentalism was only \"skin deep\".",
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