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so far no one has been tempted to be vulgar.
Well, probably more than one person has, but so far here
we have managed to pretty much avoid being crass. I would
strongly prefer to keep it that way. Besides, subtle
allusions are so much for fun!
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Whereas the French 'tête à tête' is closer to 'heart to heart' than 'head to head'. Hardly surprising people have trouble with foreign languages.
While the Indonesian keras kepala means stubborn rather than the literal hard-headed.
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do you also have a term for hard hearted?
In my family, when we spoke of a hard hearted person, we would say, "so cold, butter wouldn't melt in their mouth!"
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How about "cold as a witch's teat?"
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"so cold, butter wouldn't melt in their mouth!"
That's interesting Helen; I think I've only heard that in a context meaning 'so innocent that even the natural laws are suspended!' Any other takes on that one?
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<Has anyone mentioned having a "heart-to-heart" or going "head to head"?>
Eureka! You've found a new seam!
Going at it toe-to-toe, seeing eye-to-eye, fighting hand-to-hand (mano a mano?) or nose-to-nose, marching shoulder-to-shoulder, having back-to-back hits, dancing cheek-to-cheek.
Any more?
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Now that's funny, my parents used to use the phrase "so sweet butter wouldn't melt in her mouth" - usually facetiously.  (I'm not sure about the spelling there...  )
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hand-in-hand, hand-in-glove
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Cold ...
as a landlord's heart. (my mother's usage)
as a stepmother's kiss. (my father's)
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