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be grinning from ear to ear be grinning from ear to earTo be smiling broadly and enthusiastically. Tim was grinning from ear to ear when his bosses praised him during the ceremony.See also: ear, grinbe 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 |