单词 | to have the laugh on a person |
释义 | > as lemmasto have the laugh on a person c. to have the laugh on a person and variants: to have a person at a disadvantage, esp. by making him or her an object of ridicule. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage to have at avail1470 to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510 to gain of1548 to be to the forehand with1558 to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591 to get the sun of1598 to have (also get) a good hand against1600 to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612 to weather on or upon1707 to have the laugh on a person1767 to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781 to get to windward of1783 to have the bulge on1841 to give points to1854 to get (have) the drop on1869 to hold over1872 to have an (or the) edge on1896 to get (also have) the goods on1903 to get (or have) the jump on1912 to have (got) by the balls1918 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > disadvantageously [phrase] > to the disadvantage of > someone is at a disadvantage to have the laugh on a person1767 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)] > laugh to scorn > find someone laughable to have the laugh on a person1767 1767 I. Bickerstaff Love in City ii. xii. 44 Well now my dear, you will have the laugh against them, at least. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. ii. 94 If I have had my laugh at them, they have had theirs at me. 1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. II. iv. 80 Meriko had the laugh of me. 1909 J. London Let. 1 July (1966) 280 The laugh is on me. I confess to having been fooled by Mr. Harris's canard. 1949 W. S. Maugham Writer's Notebk. 329 Sometimes we die sitting quietly in an armchair over a whisky and soda... Then, I suppose, we have the laugh over those who..never rested till the end. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 18 She's got the laugh on me this time, all right. 2006 D. Grant Selling Art without Galleries 204 The laugh was on him, however, since the majority of the Old Masters he bought turned out to be fakes. < as lemmas |
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