"grin like a mule eating briars" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: grins like a mule eating briars [present, singular, third-person], grinning like a mule eating briars [participle, present], grinned like a mule eating briars [participle, past], grinned like a mule eating briars [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} grin 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)
  1. (US, simile, colloquial) To grin very widely. Tags: US, colloquial Synonyms: smile like a mule eating briars
    Sense id: en-grin_like_a_mule_eating_briars-en-verb-TcM8uyBb Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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