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- French · derived fromfroides mains, chaudes amours
- English todaycold hands, warm heart
A calque translation of French froides mains, chaudes amours.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cold hands, warm heart
Today it means: Having cold hands is an indication of warmheartedness; used as a rejoinder if one finds that another's hands are cold. Full definition →
French froides mains, chaudes amours