Food & eating

not look like much

seem unimpressive at first

If something does not look like much, it seems ordinary or unimpressive when you first see it.

B2 common mostly spoken

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What did you think of the hotel?

It didn't look like much from outside, but the room was lovely.

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The little restaurant doesn't look like much, but the noodles are fantastic.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: The café doesn't look as much.

Say: The café doesn't look like much.

This fixed phrase uses look like much, not look as much.

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doesn't look like much; didn't look like much

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The little restaurant doesn't look like much, but the noodles are fantastic.

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not look like much

seem unimpressive at first

“The little restaurant doesn't look like much, but the noodles are fantastic.”

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