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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