Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Caroline Tran calendar 2021-03-25 10:03

Meaning of Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth proverb

The phrase can be used after "look as if".

Used to imply that someone is acting as if he or she is demure, innocent, sincere or reserved but they may be not

Stacy looked so calm as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but I knew better.

Peter looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth when he's around girls, but in fact he is a playboy.

Lucy looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. Sooner or later you will see what she is really like.

Don’t be fooled by Jennie's good behaviour. She looked as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.

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Stinks To High Heaven

Seem to be very suspicious or morally unacceptable

couldn't lie straight in bed

To be dishonest or deceptive and no one can believe

crooked as a barrel of fish hooks

Very dishonest and deceptive

Cry Wolf
Used to show that someone is claiming that something is happening when it is not or giving a false alarm

Grammar and Usage of Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

We can change the possessive adjective from his into my, her, your, their, our or one's.

Origin of Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

This phrase is old, usually used in a critical sense and was most often used to describe women (in the past at least). It was listed as a proverb in 1562 in the work The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood and in Lesclarcissement de la langue françoyse in 1530.

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