deep down

to appear one way on the surface, but to be different in reality.

Angela pretended to like Peter, but Òdeep downÓ she didnÕt like him.

Google: GPAs are worthless
Yes, Google is now looking for real people. (Credit: Twentieth Century Fox Film) Kids, you know that studying is boring. Now I can tell you that it's useless, too. Oh, of course I always knew this deep down inside, but I was waiting for the one thing that would confirm this: data. My eyes and ears are bathing in the finest and most accurate data money can buy: data from Google. The quote that ...
June 20, 2013 - CNET
Google: GPAs are worthless
Yes, Google is now looking for real people. (Credit: Twentieth Century Fox Film) Kids, you know that studying is boring. Now I can tell you that it's useless, too. Oh, of course I always knew this deep down inside, but I was waiting for the one thing that would confirm this: data. My eyes and ears are bathing in the finest and most accurate data money can buy: data from Google. The quote that ...
June 20, 2013 - CNET

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