| 单词 | he laughs best who laughs last |
| 释义 | > as lemmashe laughs best (also longest) who laughs last c. he laughs best (also longest) who laughs last and variants: present setbacks, humiliations, etc., are unimportant, so long as one ultimately prevails. Cf. to have the last laugh at laugh n. Phrases 2c. [Compare French rira bien qui rira le dernier (1667 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [phrase] > be ultimately the winner he laughs best (also longest) who laughs lastc1608 c1608 Times Complaint in Christmas Prince (1922) 109 Hee laugheth best that laugheth to the end. 1715 J. Vanbrugh tr. F. C. Dancourt Country House ii. 23 What, does she play her Jests upon me too!—but mum, he laughs best that laughs last. 1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. iii. 49 Your Grace knows the French proverb, ‘He laughs best who laughs last.’ 1871 E. Yates Nobody's Fortune (1872) II. vii. 130 Those who laugh last laugh longest. 1920 O. Onions Case in Camera 147 Very well, young-fellowme-lad; you watch it! They laugh best that laugh last. It isn't over yet! 1953 B. Menczer Catholic Polit. Thought, 1789–1848 (1962) 33 He laughs longest who laughs last, and..the Church laughed last. 1994 Spy (N.Y.) Aug. 5 He laughs best that laughs last, so we're right now enjoying a good solid thigh-slapper. < as lemmas |
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