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flash (one) a smile Idiom, Proverb

flash a smile

smile at someone for only a second Andy flashed a smile at me when the teacher asked to see his work.

wipe that smile off your face

stop smiling, do not smile, cut it out Reg, tell Peter you're sorry and give him a big kiss. Gail, wipe that smile off your face.

smile now, cry later

popular tatoo of a smiling face and frowning face; depicts gangster life

smile at

1．direct a smile towards对…微笑
It often prevents an argument if you smile at people who are rude to you．朝那些对你无礼的人微笑，就可以避免争吵。
She is smiling at me．她在向我微笑。
2．be amused by对…觉得好笑；被…逗笑
The teacher smiled at my answer．老师对我的回答笑了笑。
Mary smiled at John's menace．玛丽对约翰的威胁一笑置之。

smile on

1．favor对…有利
Fate smiled on him．他运气好。
May fortune smile on you in your new life together！祝你们新婚幸福！
2． smile at对…微笑
He smiled on the happy scene．看到这令人高兴的情景他笑了。

smile through one's tears

smile while weeping破涕为笑
Hearing of his arrival，she smiled through her tears．听说他来了，她破涕为笑。

crack a smile

Idiom(s): crack a smile

Theme: HAPPINESS

to smile a little, perhaps reluctantly. (Informal.)
• She cracked a smile, so I knew she was kidding.
• The soldier cracked a smile at the wrong time and had to march for an hour as punishment.

Plastic smile

When someone is wearing a plastic smile, they are appear to be happier with a situation or events than they actually are. This is actually a description of the forced smile you might see in many photographs.

Wipe the smile of someone's face

If you wipe the smile of someone's face, you do something to make someone feel less pleased with themselves.

crack a smile|crack|smile

v. phr., informal To let a smile show on one's face; permit a smile to appear. Bob told the whole silly story without even cracking a smile. Scrooge was a gloomy man, who never cracked a smile. When we gave the shy little boy an ice cream cone, he finally cracked a smile.

flash (one) a smile

To smile at one, usually bound and conceivably unexpectedly. She was sad this morning, but I anticipate she's activity bigger now—she flashed me a smile afore she left.Learn more: flash, smile

flash a smile (at someone)

Fig. to smile bound and conceivably briefly at someone. She flashed a smile at me as if she accustomed me.Learn more: flash, smile

flash somebody a ˈsmile, ˈlook, etc.

smile, look, etc. at somebody aback and quickly: She flashed him a quick smile, again was gone afore he could say anything.Learn more: flash, somebody

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