smiling like a Cheshire cat



smiling like a Cheshire cat

Fig. smiling very broadly. (Alludes to a grinning cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.) There he stood, smiling like a Cheshire cat, waiting for his weekly pay.
See also: cat, Cheshire, like, smile

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NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elwood['elwud]
Sigivald-Ancient Germanic
Augustino-goos-TEN (French)French, Czech, Romanian, Croatian, German
Taline-Armenian
Nance[næns]
JosefYO-zef (German)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech