melt in one's mouth

Taste very good, as in This cake is wonderful-it just melts in one's mouth. This expression, first recorded in 1693, at first alluded to the tenderness of some food that therefore did not require chewing, but it had acquired its present meaning by about 1850. Also see butter wouldn't melt.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nazli	-	Turkish
Walganus	-	Arthurian Romance
Cornelia	kawr-NE-lee-ah (German), kor-NE-lyah (Italian), kawr-NAY-lee-ah (Dutch), kər-NEE-lee-ə (English), kər-NEEL-yə (English)	German, Romanian, Italian, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman
Olujimi	-	Western African, Yoruba
Elvira	[el'vaiərə]
Diethelm	DEET-helm	German