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:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Ciar		KEER, KEE-ar	Irish
Alwen		['ælwən]
Genette		jə-NET	English (Rare)
Teja		-	Slovene
Tjeerd		TYAY:RT (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch
Ibro		-	Bosnian

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