shit-eating grin
Obnoxiously self-satisfied smile
A shit-eating grin is a broad, smug smile suggesting self-satisfaction, often at someone else's expense or in a situation where grinning seems inappropriate.
The expression implies the person looks foolishly pleased with themselves: He walked in with a shit-eating grin after closing the deal.
Sometimes describes nervous or guilty smiling when caught doing something wrong.
- smirkPleased, superior smile
- knowing lookExpression conveying shared understanding
- sardonicGrimly mocking
- cat that ate the canarySmugly self-satisfied expression
- cockyExcessively self-assured
smug · schadenfreude · told you so · arrogant · self-satisfied · simper · demeanor · gotcha · triumph · one-upmanship · expression · bravado · mockery · mirth · facetiousness · insolence · awkwardness · sneer