a grin like a Cheshire cat



a grin like a Cheshire cat

a very wide smile
Usage notes: The Cheshire cat is a character in Lewis Carroll's book Alice in Wonderland and is famous for its big smile.
I just presumed he'd got the job because he walked in here with a grin like a Cheshire cat.
See also: cat, Cheshire, grin, like

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ikram-Arabic
Lior-Hebrew
Boswell['bɔzwəl]
Rivqah-Biblical Hebrew
Celsus-Ancient Roman
Stig-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish