Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Grin
Grin like a Cheshire cat, from ear to ear.
—Anonymous
Grinning like one bringing rare news.
—J. M. Barrie
Grinning like enchanted apes.
—Thomas Carlyle
Grin like a basket of chips.
—Francis Grose
Grins like some fantastic nightly spectre.
—Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger
Grin like lions
Upon the pikes o’ the hunters.
—William Shakespeare