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grin/smile from ear to ear meaning

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21 Jan, 2022

grin/smile from ear to ear

idiom meaning

Meaning

➣ to look extremely happy

➣ to smile broadly

Examples

➣ He came out of his office, grinning from ear to ear.

➣ I knew Mani was happy because she was grinning from ear to ear.

➣ She was grinning from ear to ear so we knew she had good news to tell us.

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Related words/phrases

smile, grin, smile broadly, beam, grin like a Cheshire cat, twinkle, be all smiles, smirk, simper

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