Emotions & feelings
grin from ear to ear
smile extremely happily
To smile very widely because you are extremely happy or pleased.
Hear it in real life
How did Maya react to the news?
She was grinning from ear to ear.
He was grinning from ear to ear after opening the present.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He was grinning from ear until ear after the interview.
Say: He was grinning from ear to ear after the interview.
The fixed expression uses “to” before the second “ear.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
grin from ear to ear; be grinning from ear to ear
Your turn: say it out loud
He was grinning from ear to ear after opening the present.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
grin from ear to ear
smile extremely happily
“He was grinning from ear to ear after opening the present.”
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