CHESHIRE CAT


Meaning of CHESHIRE CAT in English

a character in Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice in Wonderland . It is a cat that disappears, leaving only its smile behind. If a person is described as smiling like a Cheshire cat , it means that they have a broad, fixed smile:

He just sat there, grinning like a Cheshire cat and saying nothing.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.