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smile from ear to ear

idiom

A large smile.


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  1. 01

    bend someone's ear

    To bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person.

  2. 02

    crack a smile

    To smile, especially while attempting not to.

  3. 03

    ear to the ground

    The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness.

  4. 04

    ear tunnel

    A round piece of jewelry with a hole in the middle, which fits into a stretched earlobe.

  5. 05

    flea in one's ear

    A stinging rebuke or rebuff.

  6. 06

    give ear

    To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.

  7. 07

    go in one ear and out the other

    To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.

  8. 08

    have a word in someone's ear

    To speak to someone in private.

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