Cheshire cat
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“Smiling like a Cheshire cat” refers to anyone with a conspicuous and long-lasting smile.
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When the conversation is flowing effortlessly about a niche show you both like, you can’t help but grin like a Cheshire cat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
"The corners of his mouth split into a Cheshire cat smile. Waving a stack of documents, he moves towards me, like a wolf closing in on its prey."
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2023
Liberal Democrat smiles were sufficiently broad that party leader Sir Ed Davey was found comparing himself to a Cheshire cat.
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
He compared his father-in-law to the Cheshire cat.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2020
About one hundred yards up that hill ran the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tracks, where black and navy-blue trains with a yellow Cheshire cat painted on them rumbled through town twice daily, morning and evening.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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