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The origins of the phrase 'grinning like a Cheshire cat' are unknown, but there are several theories.
According to Martin Gardner, in his Annotated Alice, the two leading theories are that a sign painter in Cheshire painted grinning lions on the sign boards of local inns and that Cheshire cheeses used to be molded in the shape of a grinning cat. It is not known whether either of these theories is correct.
The phrase first appears in print in the second edition of Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, from 1778:
"Cheshire Cat He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of any one who shows his teeth and gums in laughing."
The term was popularised by Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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What is a Cheshire grin?
'Cheshire grin' seems to be a phrase derived directly from the famous grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland. The cat was itself based on the well known phrase 'grin like a Cheshire cat'. So a 'Cheshire grin' is an enormous grin, reminiscent of the Cheshire Cat's.
'To grin like a Cheshire Cat' comes from which Lewis Carroll work?
The Cheshire Cat appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but the phrase 'grin like a Cheshire Cat' does not appear in that book, nor is it the origin of the term. That phrase first appears in print in the second edition of Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, from 1778:Cheshire Cat: He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of any one who shows his teeth and gums in laughing.Lewis Carroll's cat is based on the term, not the other way around.
What does Cheshire mean?
Cheshire is a county in England. (As it happens, it is the county where Lewis Carroll was born.) The phrase 'grin like a Cheshire cat' was well known in Carroll's day and was undoubtedly the inspiration for Carroll's famous character. It is not known, however, how the phrase originated.
How does the Cheshire Cat only show his smile?
In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat can vanish and appear at will, and when Alice first meets it, it does exactly that. This unsettles Alice, who says to it, "I wish you wouldn't keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy." As a result of this request, the Cheshire Cat disappears more slowly, starting with its tail and finishing with its grin.As to why the Cheshire Cat only shows his smile, it might be argued that he only shows his grin to hide his cowardly personality. Another theory is that the grin might represent his trickster personality because he is an anti-hero. This was never proven because the Cheshire Cat never liked to talk about it.
Who was the cool cat in Alice in Wonderland?
In Alice in Wonderland Alice meets a Cheshire cat.`Please would you tell me,' said Alice, a little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to speak first, `why your cat grins like that?'`It's a Cheshire cat,' said the Duchess, `and that's why.The Cheshire Cat is a tabby British shorthair cat.
Who is the author cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland?
The Cheshire Cat first appears in Chapter 6, Pig and Pepper, in Lewis Carroll's book, Alice's Adventures in WonderlandCarroll's creation was inspired by the phrase 'grin like a Cheshire cat', which means to grin very widely, showing the teeth and gumsThe origin of the phrase 'grin like a Cheshire cat' is unknown, but it is thought that it might come from the fact that Cheshire cheese used to be molded into the shape of a smiling catThe Cheshire Cat wasn't in the story that Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell, who inspired Alice in Wonderland, but was added later in the version he wrote for publicationThe Cheshire Cat belongs to the DuchessAlthough the narrator refers to the Cheshire Cat as 'it' throughout Carroll's book, it is thought to be male as the Queen of Hearts says "Off with his head" about itIt is famous for disappearing, leaving only its grinIn the 1951 Disney movie he is voiced by Sterling HollowayDisney's Cheshire Cat can be spotted during the final scene of the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Sentence of ingratiating grin?
we not have to grin every day like mental people
Why couldn't the Cheshire Cat be beheaded?
The Cheshire Cat does have a body. It also has the ability to vanish and reappear. Not only that, but it can vanish whichever parts of its body it chooses. So, in the book, when Alice meets it in the forest, it disappears very slowly, starting at the tail and eventually leaving just its grin behind. And when it appears at the Queen's croquet game, it only reveals its head, creating the impression that it has no body.
Are cheshire cats real?
The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The character is derived from an old English simile, "grinning like a Cheshire cat." It appears and disappears at will, engaging Alice in amusing but sometimes vexing conversation. The cat sometimes points out philosophical points that annoy Alice. It does, however, appear to cheer her up when it turns up suddenly at the Queen of Hearts' croquet field, and when sentenced to death baffles everyone by making its body disappear, but its head remain visible, sparking a massive argument between the King, the Queen and the executioner about whether or not something that does not have a body can indeed be beheaded.At one point, the cat disappears gradually until nothing is left but its grin, prompting Alice to remark that she has often seen a cat without a grin but never a grin without a cat. This has become a point of notability for the cat: most people remember it most strongly performing its vanishing act.Of course, there are cats which live in the English county of Cheshire but, disappointingly, they are the same as all other domestic cats.
Why do Cheshire cats grin?
Perhaps the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland grins because it's amused by the foolishness of people.The origins of the phrase 'grinning like a Cheshire cat' are unknown, but there are several theories. According to Martin Gardner, in his Annotated Alice, the two leading theories are:A sign painter in Cheshire (the county, by the way, where Carroll was born) painted grinning lions on the sign boards of inns in the area.Cheshire cheeses were at one time molded in the shape of a grinning cat.
Which one of the five is least like the other four taste smile grin frown grimace?
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Does the Cheshire Cat evaporate?
The word 'evaporate' describes a change in state from liquid to vapour. As the Cheshire Cat is at no time a liquid (at least, not while we're looking at him) he cannot evaporate.It might be better to ask 'does the Cheshire Cat sublime?' as, in chemistry, the word 'sublime' means to change directly from a solid to a vapour or gas.We don't know whether the Cheshire Cat is in fact, at any point, a gas, but Lewis Carroll never says that he isn't.(So, once he reappears, it might be fair to say that the Cheshire Cat has gone from the sublimate to the ridiculous.)
