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whatever melts your butter

whatever melts your butter phrase: synonym of whatever floats your boat.

Phrase

whatever melts your butter

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Synonym of whatever floats your boat.
    • Police said they offered to hold the man’s two black cases containing hundreds of rings, necklaces, assorted bracelets, earrings and belt buckles while he checked into a jail cell. “Whatever melts your butter,” the salesman replied.1979 November 19, “People”, in Victoria Times, 96th year, number 135, Victoria, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1
    • “[…] What’s her bond?” / “Fifteen thousand dollars.” / “She’s a mother, right? She’s got two children down there in Medellín?” / “You’re telling me . . .” / “I wouldn’t think of such a thing. You do whatever melts your butter. Just remember how poor the State of Florida is, and that we could use...1993, Clifford Irving, chapter 3, in Final Argument: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 36

Examples of whatever melts your butter in a sentence

  • Whatever floats your boat, whatever melts your butter, whatever humps your camel, whatever sizzles your bacon, whatever tickles your pickle…2008 May 14, Karan Bajaj, “It’s All a Waste”, in Keep off the Grass, New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers India; India Today Group, →ISBN...
  • Take one or two burners, whatever melts your butter.2017, Mary Emerick, “Burning the Prairies”, in Fire in the Heart: A Memoir of Friendship, Loss, and Wildfire, New York, N.Y.: Arcade...

Synonyms of whatever melts your butter

Questions about whatever melts your butter

What does whatever melts your butter mean?
Whatever melts your butter means synonym of whatever floats your boat.
How do you use whatever melts your butter in a sentence?
Whatever floats your boat, whatever melts your butter, whatever humps your camel, whatever sizzles your bacon, whatever tickles your pickle…
What part of speech is whatever melts your butter?
Whatever melts your butter is a phrase.

Words near whatever melts your butter in the dictionary

  1. whatever floats your boat
  2. whatever happens, happens
  3. whatever helps you sleep at night
  4. whatever humps your camel
  5. whatever it takes
  6. whatever melts your butter
  7. whatever next
  8. whatever sizzles your bacon
  9. whatever the case may be
  10. whatever tickles your pickle
  11. whatever will be, will be

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