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Idioms laugh/joke
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a laughing stock | someone or something that seems stupid or silly, especially by trying to be serious or important and not succeeding |
| be no laughing matter | to be very serious |
| laugh your head off | to laugh a lot, loudly |
| we burst out laughing/crying | to suddenly start laughing/crying |
| joking aside/apart | said when you want to start speaking seriously about something after making jokes and laughing about it |
| be laughing on the other side of his face | used to tell someone that, despite being pleased now, they will not be pleased later when things do not happen as expected or planned |
| it's a joke | it's not very good or not worthy of respect. |
| have the last laugh | to finally get an advantage from an argument or disagreement, when it seemed that you would not |