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Meaning of "look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOOK AS IF BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOOK AS IF BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH

look a gift-horse in the mouth
look after
look alive
look alive!
look back
look daggers
look down
look down one´s nose at
look forward to
look here
look like something the cat brought in
look lively
look on
look or feel (like) a million dollars
look over
look sharp
look sick
look someone in the eye
look someone in the face
look through

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOOK AS IF BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH

Bournemouth
cottonmouth
Dartmouth
down in the mouth
down-in-the-mouth
Falmouth
from hand to mouth
have a big mouth
look a gift-horse in the mouth
Monmouth
mouth
Plymouth
Portsmouth
run off at the mouth
south
the horse´s mouth
vermouth
Weymouth
word of mouth
word-of-mouth
Yarmouth

Synonyms and antonyms of look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

看起来好像黄油不会溶化在一个人的嘴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parecer que la mantequilla no se derretiría en la boca
570 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मक्खन एक के मुंह में पिघल नहीं होता है जैसे देखो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تبدو كما لو أن تذوب الزبدة ليس في فم واحد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выглядеть, как будто масло не растает во рту
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

olhar como se manteiga não derreta na boca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দেখবেন মুরগির মুখে মুখে গলে যাবে না
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

regarder comme si le beurre ne fondrait pas dans sa bouche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelihatan seperti mentega tidak akan mencairkan mulut seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aussehen, als ob Butter nicht in den Mund zu schmelzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バターは自分の口の中で溶けていないかのように見える
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버터 가 하나 의 입 에서 녹아 하지 않을 것처럼 보이는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Katon kaya butter ora bakal nyawiji ing cangkeme siji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trông như bơ sẽ không tan chảy trong miệng của một người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெண்ணெய் ஒரு வாயில் உருக மாட்டாது போல் இருக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या तोंडात लोणी वितळत नाही असे दिसत आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tereyağın ağzında eriyip gitmediğini görün
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guardare come se il burro non si sciolgono in bocca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyglądają jak masło nie topi się w ustach
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виглядати, як ніби масло не розтане в роті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uita-te ca și cum nu s-ar unt se topesc in gura cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαίνονται σαν βούτυρο δεν λιώνει στο στόμα κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lyk asof botter nie smelt in ´n mens se mond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ser ut som om smör inte skulle smälta i munnen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ser ut som om smør ikke ville smelte i ens munn
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOOK AS IF BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH»

The term «look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth» is used very little and occupies the 166.342 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOOK AS IF BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH»

Discover the use of look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... like one's bread buttered on both sides see bread. look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth to appear very innocent, honest, respectable etc, usu implying that the speaker believes one is not these things: She sat there looking as if butter ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Chambers Idioms
... like one's bread buttered on both sides see bread. look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth to appear very innocent, honest, respectable etc, usu implying that the speaker believes one is not these things: She sat there looking as if butter ...
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Cassell英语常用词组用法词典
f6fJ*f4Mfl»-Rto«JK • ) to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth i&m® ; *S±^ 4-IiJ^t +8 I fl'SfS- ^IEM (The new manager is rude to us all, but when he talks to his boss, he looks as if butter wouldn 't melt in his mouth. m^mmmm^mmB ...
Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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2000 Redewendungen Deutsch–Englisch
Unschuld -wie die Unschuld vom Lande to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth (coll), to be as pure as driven snow That woman looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth in that little girl 's dress! unsterblich - unsterblich verliebt sein ...
Margret Beran, 2011
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Hitting the nail on the head: 3000 Redensarten deutsch-englisch
Unschuld • wie die Unschuld vom Lande to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth (coll), to be as pure as driven snow That woman looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth in that little girl's dress! unsereins the likes of us Holidays in ...
Margret Beran, 1995
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Diccionari UB: anglès-català
... topar 2 (una persona) clavar un cop de cap butter1 n mantega ^cocoa butter FARM mantega de cacau -$to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth esser una mosca morta, esser un llop amb pell d'ovella butter2 v tr untar amb mantega  ...
‎2008
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Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary: ...
... (Méx) ¶mosquerío mosquete m musket mosquetero m musketeer mosquetón m (Arm) musket mosquita f: ser or parecer una d muerta to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth mosquitero m, mosquitera f (de ventana) mosquito netting; ...
Carol Styles Carvajal, Jane Horwood, Nicholas Rollin, 2004
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Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth informal appear gentle or innocent while typiVcally being the opposite. – phrasal verbs butter someone up informal flatter or otherwise ingratiate oneself with someone. – origin Old English  ...
Angus Stevenson, 2010
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The Chambers Dictionary
butterflies in the stomach (colloq) nervous tremors in the stomach; butter up to flatter; look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth to look speciously innocent or well-behaved. [OE bulere; Ger Butter; both from L butyrum, from Gr hout- yron, ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
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American idioms dictionary:
look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth luck out behave better, I'll have to lower the boom. look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth to appear to be cold and unfeeling (despite any information to the contrary). □ Sally looks as if butter  ...
Ричард А Спиерс, 1991

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