Significato: butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

Ha l'aspetto innocente

would Idioma

as luck would have it

as luck is sometimes good and sometimes bad By the time we arrived, as luck would have it, the fight was over.

butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

he is very calm and clear, he is a smooth talker When he's talking to voters, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

do unto others as you would have them do unto you

treat people the way you would like to be treated "This is The Golden Rule: ""Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."""

would just as soon

" would ('d) rather; prefer."

wouldn't be caught dead

would not like to do it, would rather die than do it Have you seen Lulu's miniskirt? I wouldn't be caught dead in that.

wouldn't miss it for the world

I would rather attend it than see the world """Are you coming to my wedding?"" ""I wouldn't miss it for the world!"""

wouldn't say shit if her mouth was full of it

would not say a bad word, would not swear Vi is so sweet. She wouldn't say shit if her mouth was full of it.

would rather

an expression used to indicate strong preference 宁愿
He would rather be poor than get money by dishonest methods．他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱。
Henry would rather that his girl friend worked in the same department as he does．亨利希望他的女朋友和他在一个部门工作。

wouldn't touch sth with a ten-foot pole

Idiom(s): wouldn't touch sth with a ten-foot pole

Theme: AWAKEN

would not be involved with something under any circumstances.
• I know about the piece of vacant land for sale on Maple Street. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole because there used to be a gas station there and the soil is polluted.
• I wouldn't touch that book with a ten-foot pole. It is nothing but gossip and scandal.

wouldn't dream of

Idiom(s): wouldn't dream of doing sth

Theme: NEGATION

would not even consider doing something. (Informal.)
• I wouldn't dream of taking your money!
• I'm sure that John wouldn't dream of complaining to the manager.

look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

Idiom(s): look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

Theme: COLDNESS

to appear to be cold and unfeeling (despite any information to the contrary).
• Sally looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. She can be so cruel.
• What a sour face. He looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

would as soon do

Idiom(s): had as soon do something AND would as soon do something

Theme: CHOICE

prefer to do something else; to be content to do something. (The would or had is usually 'd. Also with just, as in the examples.)
• They want me to go into town. I'd as soon stay home.
• If you're cooking stew tonight, we'd as soon eat somewhere else.
• I would just as soon stay home as see a bad movie.
• If that's what we're having for dinner, I'd just as soon starve.

If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.

Wishing alone is of no use; you must act as well.

Butter wouldn't melt in their mouth

If someone looks as if butter wouldn't melt in their mouth, they look very innocent.

Do as you would be done by

Treat and respect others as you would hope to be respected and treated by them.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

This means that wishing for something or wanting it is not the same as getting or having it.

Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole

(UK) If you wouldn't touch something with a bargepole, you would not consider being involved under any circumstances. (In American English, people say they wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole)

Wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole

(USA) If you wouldn't touch something with a ten-foot pole, you would not consider being involved under any circumstances. (In British English, people say they wouldn't touch it with a bargepole)

like butter wouldn't melt in your mouth

appear innocent: "When I asked her about the missing money, she tried to look like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth."

Do as you would be done by.

Treat others as you would expect them to treat you.

A rose with any other name would smell as sweet.

What a thing is called is unimportant compared to what it really is.

If wishes were horses beggars would ride.

Life would be very easy if goals could be achieved only by desiring.

as luck would have it|luck

adv. clause As it happened; by chance; luckily or unluckily. As luck would have it, no one was in the building when the explosion occurred. As luck would have it, there was rain on the day of the picnic.

butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth|butter|melt|mo

informal You act very polite and friendly but do not really care, you are very nice to people but are not sincere. The new secretary was rude to the other workers, but when she talked to the boss, butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.

would heaven|heaven

literary I wish that.

Used at the beginning of a sentence expressing a wish; followed by a verb in the subjunctive; found mostly in poetry and older literature. Would that I could only drop everything and join you. Would that my mother were alive to see me married.
Synonym: IF ONLY.

would that|God|I would that|would God|would-be

adj. Aspiring. The Broadway casting offices are always full of would-be actors.

wouldn't put it past one|past one

v. phr. To think that someone is quite capable or likely to have done something undesirable or illegal. Congressman Alfonso is insisting that he didn't violate congressional ethics, but knowing both his expensive habits and his amorous escapades, many of us wouldn't put it past him that he might have helped himself to funds illegally.

butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
Be overly coy or demure; be insincere. For example, She looked quite innocent, as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but we knew better. Already a proverb in John Heywood's collection of 1546, this metaphoric expression alleges that one is literally so cool that butter inside the mouth would not melt.

caught dead, wouldn't be

caught dead, wouldn't be
Also, wouldn't be seen dead. Would have nothing to do with, detest, as in I wouldn't be caught dead in that outfit, or He'd not be seen dead drinking a cheap wine. This hyperbole is always put negatively. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

look as if butter wouldn't melt

look as if butter wouldn't melt
see butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth.

would that

would that
I wish that, as in Would that I could stop working and go hiking with you. For a synonym, see if only.

wouldn't

wouldn't
In addition to the idiom beginning with wouldn't, also see butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth; caught dead, wouldn't be; not lift a finger. Also see under not.