cold hands, warm heart

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English

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Etymology

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A calque translation of French froides mains, chaudes amours

Proverb

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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.

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