melt in one's mouth

Idioms  

1. Taste very good, as in This cake is wonderful—it just melts in one's mouth. This expression, first recorded in 1693, at first alluded to the tenderness of some food that therefore did not require chewing, but it had acquired its present meaning by about 1850. Also see butter wouldn't melt.

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Example Sentences

The eggs were done to a turn, the bacon crisp, the coffee like drops of amber, and the hot biscuits would fairly melt in one's mouth.

From The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers by Labelle, Claude A.

To-day, however, they ate nothing, though the frittata was fit to melt in one’s mouth.

From Olive in Italy by Dalton, Moray

We cut it into slices and fried it with fat, and I never tasted heart to equal it, for the meat seemed to melt in one's mouth.

From Maiwa's Revenge by Haggard, Henry Rider

It almost took care of itself in our home garden for forty years or more, and its soft, small berries would melt in one's mouth.

From Success with Small Fruits by Roe, Edward Payson

Come now, you must give me some lessons in your mystery of making cakes that melt in one's mouth.

From The Earth Trembled by Roe, Edward Payson