| 释义 |
Idiom 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.
Idiom crack a smile informal to smile, especially when you do not feel like smiling.The man barely cracked a smile at his friend's joke. (usually negative)
crack a smileTo smile. I got the baby to crack a smile by clapping and singing. crack a smileto grin; to smile. I was tellin' my best jokes, but Jim never cracked a smile. She looked surprised, and then cracked a big, beautiful smile. crack a smileSmile, as in Betty was a very serious person; she rarely cracked a smile. This colloquialism transfers crack in the sense of "break" to breaking a serious facial expression into a smile. |