BREAK THE ICE (LOLLY, POP)
The bitten popsicle is simply an illustration of the phrase Break The Ice understood in a broad sense: to start a work (begin) or overcome a period of initial coldness. In this case, it takes on the precise meaning of abandoning one's prejudices in order to enter into a relationship with the other.
Erasmus of Rotterdam in the Adagiorum chiliades, a collection of Latin idioms, traces scindere glaciem to the custom of boatmen to break the ice of frozen watercourses in order to start sailing.
