to impress (someone) in a very strong and favorable way
• I was really
noun,
have a broad fixed smile on your face.
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The Cheshire cat with its broad grin is best known
for its appearance (and disappearance) in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland (1865), but the expression, which is of uncertain origin, is
recorded from the first half of the 19th century.
Cheshire ˈ/cheshər/
There he stood, smiling like a Cheshire cat, waiting for his weekly pay.
A baptism of fire or (chiefly US) baptism by fire is a first experience that is very difficult or painful, such as the first time that soldiers are in a battle.
• He described his troop's baptism of fire on the front lines.
• Covering the disaster was a baptism by fire for the young reporter.
• Giving a speech to the sales conference was her baptism of fire as sales manager.
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baptism of fire
n. 1. A soldier's first experience of actual combat conditions. 2. A severe ordeal experienced for the first time.
Excerpted from American Heritage Talking Dictionary
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She hoped that they would make friends with each other.