cold hands, warm heart

proverb

Etymology

A calque translation of French froides mains, chaudes amours.

  1. derived from froides mains

Definitions

  1. Having cold hands is an indication of warmheartedness

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

The neighborhood

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