look as if butter wouldn't melt
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The clouds are what no one can understand yet, I suppose," said Mr. Eildon, "but they don't always look as if butter wouldn't melt in their mouths, as they are doing to-day.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various
You know very well how to do it, though you look as if butter wouldn't melt in your mouth!
From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.
I was sure that you would be on my side, though you do look as if butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
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