not much for looks

“It’s not much for looks any more, but it’s kind of like that good friend that knows a lot and is good to have around,” says Andy Shell, Campbell’s director of campus recreation.

Gentlemen, I now call yo'r attention to Lot Number Fo', left over from befo' the wah; not much for looks, but respectful and obedient, and accustomed, for some time past, to eat very little.

"Oh," the Virginian exclaimed with a careless touch of scorn in his voice, "they're Tarheels—not much for looks, but I reckon they'll stick."

I'm not much for looks—as you can see—but I can sling a gun with any man I've ever met.

Not much for looks but everything in the engine.