Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butter would not melt in someone's mouth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: but-ter -would not melt in -some-one's -mouth
IPA

48

Scrabble Score

33

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Alternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth.

Example Sentences

"All unmarried women are necessarily in the market; but if they behave themselves properly they make no signs. Now there was Griselda Grantly; of course she intended to get herself a husband, and a very grand one she has got; but she always looked as though butter would not melt in her mouth. It would have been very wrong to call her a marrying girl."

Questions

What does butter would not melt in someone's mouth mean?: Alternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth.

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