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cold hands, warm heart

cold hands, warm heart proverb: having cold hands is an indication of warmheartedness; used as a rejoinder if one finds that another's hands are cold.

Proverb

cold hands, warm heart

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

Origin of cold hands, warm heart

A calque translation of French froides mains, chaudes amours.

Questions about cold hands, warm heart

What does cold hands, warm heart mean?
Cold hands, warm heart means having cold hands is an indication of warmheartedness; used as a rejoinder if one finds that another's hands are cold.
What part of speech is cold hands, warm heart?
Cold hands, warm heart is a proverb.

Words near cold hands, warm heart in the dictionary

  1. cold front
  2. cold fronts
  3. cold fusion
  4. cold gruel
  5. cold hand
  6. cold hands, warm heart
  7. Cold Harbor
  8. cold hard cash
  9. cold hardy
  10. Cold Hiendley
  11. cold in one's grave

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