絎戠殑鍗曡瘝
laugh,cachinnate,cackle,guffaw.Informal heehaw,smile,beam,grin.giggle,snicker,snigger,titter,
絎戠殑鐭?
not be a barrel of laughs (informal)
to not be enjoyable.'
---He's a bit serious,isn't he?' 'Yeah,not exactly a barrel of laughs.'
not be a bundle of laughs (informal)
to not be entertaining or enjoyable.
---She's not a bundle of laughs,your cousin.The funeral wasn't exactly a bundle of laughs.
be a laugh a minute (informal)
to be very funny and entertaining.
---You know what Mark's like - he's not exactly a laugh a minute.'A two-hour meeting with Nigel Owen?I bet that was fun.' 'Oh,it was a laugh a minute.'
be laughing all the way to the bank (informal)
if someone is laughing all the way to the bank,they have made a lot of money very easily,often because someone else has been stupid.
---If we don't take this opportunity,you can be sure our competitors will and they'll be laughing all the way to the bank.
be laughing on the other side of your face (British,American & Australian,informal,American & Australian,informal)
if you say someone who is happy will be laughing on the other side of their face,you are angry about the thing that is making them happy and think that something will soon happen to upset them.
---You'll be laughing out of the other side of your face if you fail your exams.
be laughing up your sleeve
to laugh at someone secretly,often in an unkind way.
---He persuaded people to believe in him and all the time he was laughing up his sleeve at them.(often + at)
be no laughing matter
if a subject is no laughing matter,it is serious and not something that people should make jokes about.
--- Haemorrhoids are all very funny when other people have them,but if you get them yourself,it's no laughing matter.
a belly laugh
a loud laugh which cannot be controlled.
--- It's not often you hear the kind of jokes that give you a real belly laugh.
Don't make me laugh.(informal)
something that you say when someone has suggested something that you think is not at all likely to happen.
---'You never know,Pete might help out.' 'Pete?Help out?Don't make me laugh!'
have the last laugh
to make someone who has criticized or defeated you look stupid by succeeding at something more important or by seeing them fail.
---They fired her last year but she had the last laugh because she was taken on by their main rivals at twice the salary.
not know whether to laugh or cry
to be extremely upset by something bad that has happened.
---Then they announced that my flight was delayed for ten hours.I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
laugh in someone's face
to show someone that you do not respect them and do not think their ideas are important.
--- He asked them to put out their cigarettes but they just laughed in his face.
laugh like a drain (British & Australian)
to laugh very loudly.
--- I told her what had happened and she laughed like a drain.
laugh something/someone out of court
to refuse to think seriously about an idea,belief or a possibility.
--- At the meeting,her proposal was laughed out of court.(usually passive) Anyone who had made such a ludicrous suggestion would have been laughed out of court
[laugh/scream/shout etc.] your head off
to laugh/scream/shout etc.very much and very loudly.He laughed his head off when he read the letter.
a laughing stock
someone who does something very stupid which makes other people laugh at them.
---I can't cycle around on that old thing!I'll be the laughing stock of the neighbourhood.(usually + of)
have the last laugh
to succeed when others thought you would not.
--- The company fired her last year but she had the last laugh because she was hired by their main rival at twice the salary.
Usage notes:sometimes used with get:
--- She said I'd never make it to college,but I got the last laugh.
a laugh a minute
very funny and entertaining.
---Paul's clever screenplay makes this new comedy a laugh a minute.
Usage notes:often used humorously to mean the opposite:Any meeting with a school principal has to be a laugh a minute.
laugh all the way to the bank
to be pleased about the profit earned from doing something.
---Team owners complain about the latest TV deal,but in fact they are laughing all the way to the bank.After we sold the house,my wife cried and I laughed all the way to the bank.
laugh at someone
to ridicule someone.
--- A lot of kids laughed at me because of the way I dressed,but it never bothered me.
laugh at something
to show you think something is ridiculous.
---Cynthia laughs at the suggestion she's doing this job for the money.
laugh off something
to act as if something is not important to you.It's not easy to laugh off an insult.
--- She criticizes his work constantly but he doesn't get angry,he just laughs it off.
no laughing matter
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998