| 释义 |
funny ha-ha (or funny peculiar) informal Amusing (or strange): used to distinguish the two main senses of ‘funny’: ‘Funny ha-ha,’ Robbie said, ‘or funny peculiar?’...- Rather they convey an image of Ireland as a fey, mysterious place where funny things happen - funny strange and funny ha-ha.
- Er… by that, I mean funny strange, not funny ha-ha.
- That was funny, somehow, he knew it ought to be funny - funny ha-ha, not just strange - but he couldn't put the pieces together.
Coined by Ian Hay in his novel Housemaster (1936) See parent entry: funny |