cold hands, warm heart

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What does cold hands, warm heart mean?

Having cold hands is an indication of warmheartedness; used as a rejoinder if one finds that another's hands are cold.

Where does cold hands, warm heart come from?

A calque translation of French froides mains, chaudes amours.

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