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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Oluwatoyin-Western African, Yoruba
Nithya-Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam
CathrynKATH-rinEnglish
Jonah['dʒəunə]
Boone[bu:n]
IsadorIZ-a-dawrEnglish (Rare)