big smile
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- noun
- /bɪɡ smaɪl/
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gran sonrisa
- I went to my room with a big smile on my face.
- a big smile on his face
And she kept walking toward me with this big smile, and I'm going.
- And she kept walking toward me with this big smile, and I'm going.
- Smile with your mouth closed, then make a big smile with your teeth showing.
- And Keith, as he's laying there dying, cracks a big smile and Jeff says what's so funny?
- I think you will get a big smile on his face the next time you do this.
- I'm at the restaurant in Wimbledon and she runs to me with a big smile and she says, guess what?
- You can either curl up in the corner, cry and die, or you stand up, you roll up your sleeves, you just give them a big smile and you get on with it.
- Here we go, big smile on your face, feel the win.
- No funny movie, no big smile from your child, no promotion, no funny joke, no gift, nothing.
- When you look back at your football career, yeah, big smile on your face, a really, really amazing career.
Examples
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Her broad, clever face breaks into a big smile as they both remove earplugs.
Fiction book (1991) -
At the end of it, she sat back and gave me a big smile.
Fiction book (1999) -
And you see the big smile come over her face.
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You seem like you got a big smile on your face.
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Here we go, big smile on your face, feel the win.
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When you look back at your football career, yeah, big smile on your face, a really, really amazing career.
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Give me a big smile and wave at your partner.
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How about giving us a big smile?
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Little Pam looked up from the diary and gave me a big smile.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children greeted their teacher with a big smile as she entered the classroom.
Synonyms
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A facial expression with the mouth corners turned up to show happiness or friendliness
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A broad smile showing the teeth when someone is happy or amused
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A friendly expression on the face that shows real kindness
A warm happy expression with bright lively eyes
A very large, wide smile that shows great happiness
A happy look on someone's face that shows joy
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Morphology
The meaning 'a wide and friendly smile' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'big' (large) with 'smile' (a facial expression); the adjective simply scales the noun. This adjective+noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English modification rules, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Big smile comes from the simple picture of a mouth opened wide — big and smile — that makes a face look bright and friendly. So, it means 'a wide and friendly smile'.