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
Gunni-Ancient Scandinavian
Phelps[felps]
Salamon-Hungarian
Victorinus-Late Roman
Gathbiyya-Arabic
Levente-Hungarian