The series of bodily changes that occur in the female of most mammals from one period of estrus to another. The estrous cycle usually takes place during a specific period known as the breeding season, which ensures that the young are born at a time when the chance of survival is greatest.
ear-to-ear. It's about smiling. Ear-to-ear smile or grin is when you have a very broad and generous smile. Such a smile when each corner of your mouth is by each of your ears. Explain to me why you don't have an ear-to-ear grin right now.
Yue Minjun and the Symbolic Smile continues through Jan. 6 at the Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. smile, Mr. Yue said, doesn t necessarily mean happiness; it could be something else. The smile has been variously interpreted as a sort of joke at the absurdity of it all, or the illusion of happiness in lives inevitably heading toward extinction.