look the part

English

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Verb

look the part (third-person singular simple present looks the part, present participle looking the part, simple past and past participle looked the part)

1. (idiomatic) To appear suitable for a particular kind of work, position or role.

   If you want to be a successful business person, you have to look the part.

   We were going to cast him in our new movie but unfortunately he didn't look the part.

   • 2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman‎^[1]:

     Turner looked assured, picking out his men at the lineouts, while Redpath was seeing plenty of the ball and also looked the part as the Scots probed for opening.

Translations

appear suitable for a particular kind of work

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 似模似樣／似模似样, 有型有格, 入型入格

  Mandarin: 儀表得體／仪表得体 (yíbiǎo détǐ)

• Finnish: vaikuttaa sopivalta
• French: avoir la tête de l’emploi (fr), avoir le physique de l’emploi, avoir la gueule de l’emploi
• German: entsprechend aussehen, angemessen aussehen, passend erscheinen, so aussehen (simplified)
• Italian: avere il physique du rôle
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: odpowiednio wyglądać impf
• Portuguese: parecer estar à altura
• Russian: вы́глядеть соотве́тствующе impf (výgljadetʹ sootvétstvujušče)
• Spanish: parecer estar a la altura

See also

• dress the part
• someone's face doesn't fit