Idiom
smile from ear to ear
Meaning
A large smile.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She smiled from ear to ear when she saw the gift.”
“After hearing the good news about her promotion, she walked out of the office smiling from ear to ear.”
“Upon receiving the unexpected letter of acceptance from the university, the young student beamed, smiling from ear to ear with a sense of profound relief.”
Examples
simple
“She smiled from ear to ear when she saw the gift.”
contextual
“After hearing the good news about her promotion, she walked out of the office smiling from ear to ear.”
complex
“Upon receiving the unexpected letter of acceptance from the university, the young student beamed, smiling from ear to ear with a sense of profound relief.”
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