单词 | to grin smile from ear to ear |
释义 | > as lemmasto grin (also) smile from ear to ear d. from ear to ear: right across the face, head, or neck, as if from one ear to the other. Esp. in to grin (also) smile from ear to ear: to smile broadly. ΚΠ 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 442 Anoint the forehead and temples therewith from eare to eare. 1619 P. Hannay Happy Husband sig. E8v Thrill-open is his Nose, His Mouth from eare to eare. 1681 ‘Philopatris’ Plot in Dream x. 275 Leaving him weltring in his Blood, having cut his Throat from Ear to Ear. 1767 Public Advertiser 10 Jan. 2/2 Whenever he reads his long Dissertations upon concave Pavements, he grins from Ear to Ear. 1833 New-Eng. Mag. 5 357/1 He..slashed the animal's gullet from ear to ear. 1871 J. Morley J. de Maistre in Crit. Misc. 138 That frightful rictus running from ear to ear. 1878 G. F. Maclear Celts (1879) viii. 123 They..were tonsured from ear to ear. 1923 Humorist 3 Nov. 352/3 ‘I'd like to slash his throat from ear to ear, I would.’ And he began stropping a razor with all his might. 1976 E. B. Potter Nimitz iii. 39 Halsey, a charming, genial, approachable fellow, was smiling from ear to ear. 2001 4 × 4 Dec. 104/2 The Ford rally star..would have been grinning from ear-to-ear when he climbed out of the stylish suburban 4x4. < as lemmas |
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