put a smile on face



put a smile on someone's face

Fig. to please someone; to make someone happy. We are going to give Andy a pretty good raise, and I know that'll put a smile on his face. The surprise birthday party really put a smile on my dad's face.
See also: face, on, put, smile

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Teresete-RES (Swedish)Basque, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Sunder-Indian, Hindi, Tamil
Krasimir-Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Retha-Southern African, Afrikaans, English
Wekesa-Eastern African, Luhya
ViliVEE-lee (Finnish)Hungarian, Slovene, Finnish