be grinning from ear to ear

To be smiling broadly and enthusiastically. Tim was grinning from ear to ear when his bosses praised him during the ceremony.

be grinning from ear to ear

COMMON If you are grinning from ear to ear, you are smiling a lot and looking very happy. `I had a fantastic response,' he said, grinning from ear to ear. Note: Verbs such as smile and beam can be used instead of grin. McCarthy was beaming from ear to ear and his eyes were bright. Note: You can also say that someone has a grin from ear to ear or has a smile from ear to ear. I hadn't smiled so much in years. I had this grin from ear to ear. Note: You can use ear-to-ear before nouns such as grin and smile. All around him were more ear-to-ear grins than I have seen before.

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释义	be grinning from ear to ear be grinning from ear to ear To be smiling broadly and enthusiastically. Tim was grinning from ear to ear when his bosses praised him during the ceremony. See also: ear, grin Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. be grinning from ear to ear COMMON If you are grinning from ear to ear, you are smiling a lot and looking very happy. `I had a fantastic response,' he said, grinning from ear to ear. Note: Verbs such as smile and beam can be used instead of grin. McCarthy was beaming from ear to ear and his eyes were bright. Note: You can also say that someone has a grin from ear to ear or has a smile from ear to ear. I hadn't smiled so much in years. I had this grin from ear to ear. Note: You can use ear-to-ear before nouns such as grin and smile. All around him were more ear-to-ear grins than I have seen before. See also: ear, grin Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: grin grin from ear to ear beam/grin/smile from ear to ear smile from ear to ear have (one's) ear have somebody's ear have someone's ear have the ear of (one) have the ear of someone a box on the ear References in periodicals archive ARLENE PHILLIPS must be grinning from ear to ear. Without her having to utter one of her famously waspish words, her replacement on Strictly Come Dancing, Alesha Dixon, has been ripped to shreds by critics and viewers. But will the Beeb admit its gaffe, Arlene? COLUMNIST Higgins, often known to bite the hand that feeds him, was said to be grinning from ear to ear. Fortune smiles on Alex But come next election I suspect he'll be grinning from ear to ear. Fiona: GORDON IS SUCH A TREASURE This week, he should be grinning from ear to ear - as the lucky winner of the Sunday Mail's Big Match contest. Oh L I've won But then if we had sexy Olivier Martinez to go home to, we'd be grinning from ear to ear, too... 3am: You stole the show, Kylie MEN across Wales must be grinning from ear to ear at the news that Kylie Minogue's concert on Saturday is to be broadcast live on the internet. Westgate: Kylie's bum note BOLTON boss Sam Allardyce will be grinning from ear to ear today when he sees the men who threw him on the scrapheap at West Brom. FOOTBALL: SAM'S KEEN TO GET EVEN; W. BROM v BOLTON TODAY, KO 3PM
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