APAD：cold hands, warm heart

cold hands, warm heart

A reserved exterior may disguise a kind hearted person.

Having cold hands is an indication of warmheartedness; used as a rejoinder if one finds that another's hands are cold.

The earliest known use of this proverb was in Collectanea edited by V.S. Lean - a collection of English and foreign proverbs published in Bristol, England in 1903.

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• haha, a phrase often heard in our household, as someone's -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 06:21:51

• (not Maowi the cat) hands are ice-cold & his Mom said so ;-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 06:24:21

• Warm-hearted peeps set up good fences with cold hands. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 09:14:01

• Have you ever had “cold hands，warm heart”experiences be4？：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 10:13:05

• certainly, every winter -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 11:29:07

• Definitely better than the opposite:)) -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:03:10

• It would be better if both are warm, without disguise:) -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:05:13

• 想起野鹅敢死队电影，医生应聘时的话：多年行医，我的肌肉变软了，心肠越来越硬，如今我想反过来 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 13:38:48

• cold hands means 血液流通不好。my experience -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/20/2024 postreply 14:21:41