Here, the origins of the saying are discussed and debated in great detail. Yet another from the village of Cheshire itself, where - it is said - that some of the painted inn signs "look more like grinning cats than growling lions" (Quoted from Notes and Queries, of which Carroll was a regular subscriber)įurther reading: Notes and Queries no. "Grinning like a Cheshire cat" was an old proverbial expression long before it was used by Lewis Carrol.One theory for the origin of this saying involves the Cheshire cheese molds, another says that Cheshire was a county palatine. It does, however, appear to cheer her up when it turns up suddenly at the Queen of Hearts' croquet field, and when sentenced to death baffles everyone by having made its head appear without its body, sparking a massive argument between the executioner and the King and Queen of Hearts about whether something that does not have a body can indeed be beheaded.Īt one point, the cat disappears gradually until nothing is left but its grin, prompting Alice to remark that she has often seen a cat without a grin but never a grin without a cat.Īccording to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, "The phrase has never been satisfactorily accounted for, but it has been said that cheese was formerly sold in Cheshire moulded like a cat that looked as though it was grinning". The cat raises philosophical points that annoy or baffle Alice. 2.4.7 Alice in Wonderland (video game 2010)Īlice first encounters it at the Duchess's house in her kitchen, and then later outside on the branches of a tree, where it appears and disappears at will, engaging Alice in amusing but sometimes vexing conversation.2.4.4 Alice in the Country of the Heart (2007).2.3.1 Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?.2.1.2 Disney's Alice in Wonderland (1951).
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