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单词 to laugh on the other side of one's mouth
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to laugh on (also out of) the other (also wrong) side of one's mouth
(a) to laugh on (also out of) the other (also wrong) side of one's mouth and variants: to laugh bitterly or ruefully; to suffer a reverse of circumstances after feeling satisfaction or confidence about something. [Compare French rire à l'envers (1751).]
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > feel sorrow or grief [verb (intransitive)] > change from laughter to sorrow
to laugh on (also out of) the other (also wrong) side of one's mouth1714
1714 T. Lucas Mem. Most Famous Gamesters & Sharpers 65 But tho' he laugh'd, 'twas on the wrong side of his Mouth.
1751 Polite Politician I. 89 The Absurd Fool brings the Laugh upon himself, while the Jesting Fool turns it upon his Antagonist, and generally makes him laugh on the wrong Side of the Mouth.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. v. 227 We were made to laugh on the other side of our mouths by an unforeseen occurrence.
1884 W. E. Norris Thirlby Hall III. ix. 158 We shall be laughing on the wrong side of our mouths before the day is over, unless I'm very much mistaken.
1904 M. M. Bodkin Patsey the Omadaun vi. 130 But, faix, Foxey laughed the other side iv his mouth the next mornin' whin he had the carpenter in to put a new bottom to his till.
1907 Cent. Mag. Nov. 76/2 Huh! maybe they 'll laugh on the other side of their jaws later.
1955 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 13 345 You challenge laughter's power by threatening the laugher that he'll laugh on the wrong side of his mouth.
2000 N.Y. Mag. 10 Jan. 48/3 Unless you enjoy laughing out of the wrong side of your mouth, avoid this unconscionable Shamlet.
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