Why when you're saying someone is being unusually good, do you say "butter wouldn't melt in their mouth"?
What are the origins of this saying?
2006-12-30 04:16:24 · 4 answers · asked by Xenophonix 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I have always gotten the impression that that saying implies someone (most often a woman) is cold in her demeanor. That is why butter wouldn't melt...
2006-12-30 05:32:17 · answer #1 · answered by justme 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
" Said of a cold, aloof person, or of one who looks innocent but probably is not. John Heywood, in his 'Proverbs' (1546), picks up the expression as well known at the time: "She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth." The expression has also been put as :"As demure as if butter would not melt in his (her) mouth."
2006-12-30 23:33:33 · answer #2 · answered by Mmerobin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/81900.html for this answer.
Good Luck!!!
2006-12-30 12:22:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
because bad=evil, evil=hell and hell=heat.
Good=heaven and heaven=cool lush places.
2006-12-30 12:19:27 · answer #4 · answered by zombiepirate_13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋