BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH

Meaning of BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH in English

informal You act very polite and friendly but do not really care, you are very nice to people but are not sincere. The new secretary was rude to the other workers, but when she talked to the boss, butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.

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BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH — {informal} You act very polite and friendly but do not really care, you are very nice to people but are …
Slang English vocab
BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH — {informal} You act very polite and friendly but do not really care, you are very nice to people but are …
Словарь английских идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
T — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES can/can't cope ▪ Older people can't cope so well with the heat. don't expect miracles ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOUTH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MELT — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ice melts ▪ The ice in my glass had begun to melt. melt butter ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
T — I. ˈtē noun ( plural t's or ts ˈtēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 20th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOUTH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MELT — I. ˈmelt verb ( melted -tə̇d ; melted “ ; also mol·ten ˈmōlt ə n also -tən ; melting ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTER — I. ˈbəd.ə(r), ˈbətə- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English butere; akin to Old Frisian & Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MELT — (v.) To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, …
Английский словарь Webster
BUTTER — (n.) Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter …
Английский словарь Webster
MELT — ( v. ) To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTER — ( n. ) Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOUTH — — mouther , n. — mouthless , adj. n. /mowth/ ; v. /mowdh/ , n. , pl. mouths /mowdhz/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MELT — melt 1 — meltable , adj. — meltability , n. — meltingly , adv. — meltingness , n. /melt/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTER — — butterless , adj. — butterlike , adj. /but"euhr/ , n. 1. the fatty portion of milk, separating as a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTER — v. spread with butter, spread butter on
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOUTH — I. ˈmau̇th noun ( plural mouths ˈmau̇thz also ˈmau̇z, ˈmau̇ths; in synecdochic compounds like “blabbermouths” ths more frequently ) Usage: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MELT — I. ˈmelt verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English meltan; akin to Old Norse melta to digest, Greek meldein to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUTTER — I. ˈbə-tər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English butere, from Latin butyrum, from Greek boutyron, from bous cow + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOUTH
Webster English vocab
MELT — noun ·see 2d milt. 2. melt ·vi to dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth. 3. melt ·vi to lose …
Webster English vocab
BUTTER — noun one who, or that which, butts. 2. butter ·vt to cover or spread with butter. 3. butter ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
MOUTH — [mouth] n, pl mouths often attrib [ME, fr. OE muth; akin to OHG mund mouth and perh. to L mentum …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MELT — [melt] vb [ME, fr. OE meltan; akin to ON melta to digest, Gk meldein to melt] vi (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUTTER — [but.ter] n [ME, fr. OE butere, fr. L butyrum, fr. Gk boutyron, fr. bous cow + tyros cheese; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOUTH
Britannica English vocabulary
BUTTER — a yellow-to-white solid emulsion of fat globules, water, and inorganic salts produced by churning the cream from cows' milk. Butter …
Britannica English vocabulary
MELT — melt BrE AmE melt ▷ melted ˈmelt ɪd -əd ▷ melting/ly ˈmelt ɪŋ /li ▷ melts melts ▶ ˈ melting …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BUTTER — butter BrE AmE ˈbʌt ə AmE ˈbʌt̬ ə r ▷ butter|ed d ▷ buttering ˈbʌt‿ ə r ɪŋ AmE ˈbʌt̬ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
T — (also t ) / tiː; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. Ts , T's , t's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUTH — noun , verb ■ noun / maʊθ; NAmE / ( pl. mouths / maʊðz; NAmE /) PART OF FACE 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MELT — / melt; NAmE / verb 1. to become or make sth become liquid as a result of heating : [ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTER — / ˈbʌtə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] a soft yellow food made from cream or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — T BrE AmE , t /tiː/ ( plural T’s , t’s ) noun 1 . [uncountable and countable] the 20th …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOUTH — I. mouth 1 S2 W1 /maʊθ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural mouths /maʊðz/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MELT — melt /melt/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: meltan ] 1 . BECOME LIQUID [intransitive and transitive] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUTTER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOUTH — n. & v. --n. (pl. mouths) 1 a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MELT — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. become liquefied by heat. 2 tr. change to a liquid condition by heat. 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUTTER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOUTH — n. & v. n. (pl. mouths) 1 a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MELT — v. & n. v. 1 intr. become liquefied by heat. 2 tr. change to a liquid condition by heat. 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUTTER — n. & v. n. 1 a a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
MOUTH — n. & v. --n. (pl. mouths) 1. a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food …
Oxford English vocab
MELT — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. become liquefied by heat. 2 tr. change to a liquid condition by heat. 3 …
Oxford English vocab
BUTTER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUTH — Pronounced /maʊθ/ for the noun, and /maʊð/ for the verb. The form 'mouths' is pronounced /maʊðz/. ( mouthing, mouthed) Frequency: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MELT — ( melts, melting, melted) 1. When a solid substance melts or when you melt it, it changes to a liquid, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTER — ( butters, buttering, buttered) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Butter is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUTTER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES brandy butter butter bean cocoa butter peanut butter shea butter COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOUTH — (BODY PART) [noun] [C] - the opening in the face of a person or animal, consisting of the lips and …
Cambridge English vocab

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