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
Cai (2)-Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Ryoṙyo:Japanese
SophoclesSAHF-u-kleez (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ji-Youngjee-yungKorean
Bernicebər-NEES (English)English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Theotimos-Ancient Greek