| 单词 | to laugh at oneself first |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto laugh at oneself first d. to laugh at oneself first: expressing the idea of using self-ridicule to fend off ridicule by others. ΚΠ 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Anger viii. 83 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) No Man was ever ridiculous to others, that laught at himself first. 1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 76 He is not laughed at, that laughs at himself first. 1786 H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson 247 The old maxim, of beginning to laugh at yourself first where you have any thing ridiculous about you. 1837 M. M. Busk Plays & Poems i. ii. 240 Laugh at yourself first, my dear fellow, and the world's laugh will be rather with, than at you. 1874 Every Sat. 127/1 Always laugh at yourself first, is a good rule. 1909 Columbus Med. Jrnl. 33 599/1 Laugh at yourself first, then laugh at others like you. 2008 Daily Star (Nexis) 30 Apr. 17 Laugh at yourself first and they can't win. < as lemmas |
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