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Old 08-Sep-2006, 14:13
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I did well
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Well, I guessed wrong. It's not one I am at all familiar with.

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my first try and i was wrong...
i thought it was a person who is very hungry...why? because if you're really hungry and you're eating something...you'll swallow it even before the butter melts.hehehe
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"Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth" refers to somebody who appears gentle or innocent while typically being the opposite.
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It is believed that this saying originated because butter melts in a warm environment. A person who is guilty but playing innocent is considered cool or even cold and calculating. So cold that butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
Very good explanation.I heard this idiom first.With this explanation I learned the reason why it is said so. I thought 'guilty'.
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I thought that meant somebody who really hungry. That make me think when something is so good to eat I sometimes here somebody who says something is eating by its self.
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what in the world does this idiom really means????????? heard it first time....... but according to me, it may means he is innocent .......
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what in the world does this idiom really means????????? heard it first time....... but according to me, it may means he is innocent .......
It is about appearances. Reread the explanations.

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new for me!
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That was new for me !! However I guessed right answer
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