Bob told the whole silly story without even cracking a smile.
Scrooge was a gloomy man, who never cracked a smile.
When we gave the shy little boy an ice cream cone, he finally cracked a smile.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
crack a smile — {v. phr.}, {informal} To let a smile show on one s face; permit a smile to appear. * /Bob told the whole silly story without even cracking a smile./ * /Scrooge was a gloomy man, who never cracked a smile./ * /When we gave the shy little boy an… … Dictionary of American idioms
crack a smile — {v. phr.}, {informal} To let a smile show on one s face; permit a smile to appear. * /Bob told the whole silly story without even cracking a smile./ * /Scrooge was a gloomy man, who never cracked a smile./ * /When we gave the shy little boy an… … Dictionary of American idioms
crack a smile — phrasal : smile * * * crack a smile (informal) To allow oneself to smile • • • Main Entry: ↑crack * * * crack a smile phrase to begin smiling Thesaurus: to smilesynonym … Useful english dictionary
Crack a Smile... and More! — Studio album by Poison Released March 14, 2000 … Wikipedia
crack a smile — verb a) To smile, especially while attempting not to. b) To begin to smile. See Also: crack a book, crack a joke, crack a window … Wiktionary
crack a smile — let a smile show on one s face He never cracked a smile during the whole meeting … Idioms and examples
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) … New idioms dictionary
crack a smile — to begin smiling … English dictionary
crack — crack1 [krak] vi. [ME craken < OE cracian, to resound, akin to Ger krachen < IE base * ger : see CROW1] 1. to make a sudden, sharp noise, as of something breaking 2. to break or split, usually without complete separation of parts 3. a) to… … English World dictionary
crack — 1 verb 1 BREAK (I, T) to break or make something break so that it gets one or more lines on its surface: Don t put that delicate china in the dishwasher it may crack. | She fell off her bike and cracked a bone in her leg. 2 LOUD SOUND (I, T) to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
