butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth



butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

Be overly coy or demure; be insincere. For example, She looked quite innocent, as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but we knew better . Already a proverb in John Heywood's collection of 1546, this metaphoric expression alleges that one is literally so cool that butter inside the mouth would not melt.
See also: butter, melt, mouth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anri-Georgian
Usoa-Basque
KatÓ-Hungarian
Ace (2)-Macedonian
Abilioah-BEE-lyoSpanish
Jaime (1)HIE-me (Spanish), ZHIEM (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese