grin like a mule eating briars

verb

To grin very widely.

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smile like a mule eating briars
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Meanings

verbgrin like a mule eating briars (third-person singular simple present grins like a mule eating briars, present participle grinning like a mule eating briars, simple past and past participle grinned like a mule eating briars)

present singular third person grins like a mule eating briars · participle present grinning like a mule eating briars · participle past grinned like a mule eating briars · past grinned like a mule eating briars

  1. UScolloquialsimileTo grin very widely.

    Synonyms: smile like a mule eating briars

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo grin very widely.

Similar
smile like a mule eating briars
Also see
smile like a mule eating briars
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APA

grin like a mule eating briars. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grin%20like%20a%20mule%20eating%20briars

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grin like a mule eating briars,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grin%20like%20a%20mule%20eating%20briars.

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