| 单词 | to have the laugh on one's side |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (also get) the laugh on one's side a. to have (also get) the laugh on one's side: to have the advantage over an opponent; to have the last laugh. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)] risec1175 to have the higher handa1225 to have the besta1393 bettera1400 vaila1400 to win or achieve a checka1400 surmount1400 prevaila1425 to have (also get) the better handa1470 to go away with it1489 to have the besta1500 to have (also get, etc.) the better (or worse) end of the staff1542 to have ita1616 to have (also get) the laugh on one's side1672 top1718 beat1744 to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817 to have the best of1846 to go one better1856 1672 J. Lacy Old Troop v. i. 57 Now the laugh is on our side, Gentlemen. c1712 J. Swift Hints Ess. Conversat. in Wks. (1765) XIII. 257 Singling out a weak adversary, getting the laugh on his side, and then carrying all before him. 1760 ‘C. Townly’ Courtezans Pref. We married Men have the Laugh on our Side. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. v. 94 You've beat us..and have the laugh on your side now. 1890 Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches 6 15 I kept quiet and didn't go blabbing and bucking about my horse, and I think now I've got the laugh on my side! 1904 P. H. G. Powell-Cotton In Unknown Afr. xxii. 300 When pursued, they disappeared off the face of the earth,..and, for the time being, had the laugh on their side. 1925 E. K. Chambers Shakespeare 168 In the wit-encounters of Eastcheap, Falstaff always came out on top, with the laugh on his side. 1984 J. Kleinman in R. L. Perkins Two Ages ix. 176 Ehrengard, the seducer's intended victim, ends by having the laugh on her side. < as lemmas |
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