Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 15:36:48 -0500

From: "Robert J. O'Hara" RJOHARA[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IRIS.UNCG.EDU

Subject: "Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth."



Greetings to all from a lurking amateur. Two colleagues of mine,

one from Michigan and one from Massachusetts, asked me if I knew the

expression "Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth", referring to a person

who was emotionally very cold (though perhaps outwardly friendly).

I am also from Massachusetts, and had never heard the expression before.



Does anyone know anything about the origin or current distribution of

the phrase?



Bob O'Hara (rjohara[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]iris.uncg.edu)

University of North Carolina at Greensboro



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