"smile like a mule eating briars" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: smiles like a mule eating briars [present, singular, third-person], smiling like a mule eating briars [participle, present], smiled like a mule eating briars [participle, past], smiled like a mule eating briars [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} smile like a mule eating briars (third-person singular simple present smiles like a mule eating briars, present participle smiling like a mule eating briars, simple past and past participle smiled like a mule eating briars)
  1. Alternative form of grin like a mule eating briars Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: grin like a mule eating briars
    Sense id: en-smile_like_a_mule_eating_briars-en-verb-yBV0fnSq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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