melt-in-the-mouth
1melt in the mouth — (of food) to be delicious • • • Main Entry: ↑melt * * * melt in the (or your) mouth (of food) be deliciously light or tender and need little or no chewing my shortbread melts in the mouth | [as adj.] melt in your mouth chicken livers …
2melt in the mouth — melt in the/(your) mouth if food melts in your mouth, it is soft and tastes very pleasant. This sponge cake just melts in your mouth …
3melt in the mouth — dissolve in the mouth …
4melt in your mouth — phrase if food melts in your mouth, it becomes soft in your mouth and tastes very good little savoury biscuits that melt in your mouth Thesaurus: tasting goodsynonym words used to describe specific tastes and flavourshyponym Main entry: melt * *… …
5melt in your mouth — melt in (your) mouth to be soft and creamy. The outside of the cake is just a little crisp and the center just melts in your mouth …
6melt in your mouth — melt in the/(your) mouth if food melts in your mouth, it is soft and tastes very pleasant. This sponge cake just melts in your mouth …
7butter wouldn't melt in your mouth — If you say that someone looks as if butter wouldn t melt in their mouth,you mean that they look completely innocent, but that they are capable of doing unpleasant things. The boy who stole the purse looked as if butter wouldn t melt in his …
8melt — [melt] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(become liquid)¦ 2¦(disappear)¦ 3¦(become less angry)¦ 4 melt in your mouth 5 melt into somebody s arms/embrace Phrasal verbs melt away melt something<=>down melt into something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin …
9melt — [ melt ] verb ** ▸ 1 become liquid ▸ 2 disappear ▸ 3 become kinder ▸ 4 gradually combine ▸ 5 relax against ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to change a solid substance into a liquid: Melt the butter in a small saucepan. a ) intransitive to be changed… …
10melt in one's mouth — {v. phr.} 1. To be so tender as to seem to need no chewing. * /The chicken was so tender that it melted in your mouth./ 2. To taste very good; be delicious. * /Mother s apple pie really melts in your mouth./ …
