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2021-08-09 03:08
Laugh up/in (one's) sleeve phrase
To think that someone's mistakes, bad luck, or defeat are funny so that you laugh inwardly and scornfully.
When they saw my unzipped jeans, they couldn't help but laugh up my sleeves.
Only when I came home did I realize that someone had written an embarrassing line on my face. Everyone that I met on that day must have laughed up their sleeves.
Everyone couldn't help laughing up their sleeves at John's wardrobe malfunction.
To laugh a lot at someone or something
Laugh in an uncontrollable way
1. To laugh with shyness and embarrassment
2. Used to say that someone vomits on the floor, whether it's carpeted or not
Used to describe someone that gives joy and humor to others
The verb "laugh" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase dates back to the mid 16th century, and it replaced the earlier "laugh in one's sleeve", used by Richard Sheridan in The Rivals (1775): "'Tis false, sir, I know you are laughing in your sleeve."The expression, which alludes to hiding one's laughter in big loose sleeves, was already a proverb in the mid-1500s.
Do you see anything wrong?
Used to describe someone who is good at persuading people to do or believe something
Jane is a fast talker. She has sold many luxurious villas since she worked here.
