melt someone's butter

verb

To appeal to someone's fancy.

“Hearing you speak in Italian really melts my butter.”

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float someone's boattickle someone's fancyturn someone's crankbe someone's cup of tea
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Meanings

verbmelt someone's butter (third-person singular simple present melts someone's butter, present participle melting someone's butter, simple past and past participle melted someone's butter)

present singular third person melts someone's butter · participle present melting someone's butter · participle past melted someone's butter · past melted someone's butter

  1. slangTo appeal to someone's fancy.

    Synonyms: float someone's boat, tickle someone's fancy, turn someone's crank, be someone's cup of tea

  2. slangTo turn someone on; cause feelings of arousal.

    Hearing you speak in Italian really melts my butter.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo appeal to someone's fancy.

Similar
float someone's boattickle someone's fancyturn someone's crankbe someone's cup of tea
Also see
float someone's boat
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