made of sugar

Meanings

adjectivemade of sugar (not comparable)

not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, of, sugar.
humorousnot comparableReluctant to step into the rain.
She said, “Brent, wouldn't it be simpler if we camped out? I'm not made of sugar, you know.”
1954, Bill Gulick, A Thousand for the Cariboo, Boston: Houghton Mifflin
4 more examples
She shook herself like a poodle, saying that she was quite used to such weather, and was not made of sugar, to melt away beneath a few drops of rain.
1896, Émile Zola, The Fat and the Thin, page 142
When I called next day to state the reason, he said, "Are you made of sugar or salt that you thought the rain would destroy you."
1930, John Barber Scott, An Englishman at Home and Abroad: 1792-1828, with Some Recollections of Napoleon: Being Extracts from the Diaries of J. B. Scott of Bungay, Suffolk; with an Appendix
“What if it does rain? You ain't made of sugar,” Clete said. “You ain't goin' to melt.” Poole laughed. “You ain't made of sugar,” he repeated. “I like that.”
2010 August 1, J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone, Slaughter of Eagles, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 26
Abraham glanced out the window. “It is cloudy, but I do not think we will have rain. Are you made of sugar?” he teased.
2019 February 1, Debby Giusti, Valerie Hansen, Jenna Night, Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense February 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2: A Wholesome Western Romance, Harlequin, →ISBN

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