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grin like a Cheshire cat, to smile or grin inscrutably. A cat with an enormous grin encountered by Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. The cat tends to disappear, leaving only its smile hanging in the air. Note: âSmiling like a Cheshire catâ refers to anyone with a conspicuous and long-lasting smile.
According to Brewer's Dictionary, The phrase has never been satisfactorily accounted for, but it has been said that cheese was formerly sold in Cheshire moulded like a cat that looked as though it was grinning. The cheese was cut from the tail end, so that the last part eaten was the head of the smiling cat.