shit-eating grin
Meanings
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- A broad smile indicating self-awareness that may suggest self-satisfaction, smugness, discomfort, or embarrassment.
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Possibly from a contraction of "grinning like a ’possum eating shit" (compare also happy as a pig in shit); later detached from meaning and persisting due to its vividness (cf. "there are many ways to skin a cat" or "happy as a clam").
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