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单词 to have the laugh on one's side
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to 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.
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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.
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