绣花枕头

绣花枕头

Literally means:

pretty but useless pillow

Actually means:

outwardly attractive but worthless thing or personn

Literally it refers to a pillow with pretty embroidery outside, but inside it there is only a heap of grain outer layers. It figuratively refers to someone with good appearances but no real ability,or something that looks nice but is of low quality. Derogatory.

外面绣花，里面装稻壳的枕头。比喻外表好看而没有真本事的人，或外表好看而质量不高的东西。具有贬义色彩。