| 单词 | to laugh on the wrong side |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto laugh on (also out of) the other (also wrong) side (b) to laugh on (also out of) the other (also wrong) side: = Phrases 1g(a). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] > change from exultation to dejection to laugh on the wrong side (of one's mouth, face, etc.)1771 to laugh on (also out of) the other (also wrong) side1779 to laugh on (also out of) the other (also wrong) side of one's face1807 1779 W. Cowper Love of World 24 You laugh—'tis well—the tale applied May make you laugh on t' other side. 1845 ‘J. Sharp’ Jonathan Sharp I. xxv. 137 I have half a mind to thrash a dozen of them, the blackguards; but never mind, they will yet laugh on the wrong side though. 1868 Student & Schoolmate Oct. 468 You 'll laugh out of the other side when you see me riding round with my seven thousand dollar carriage horses! 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxxiii I'll make some of ye laugh on the wrong side. 1915 J. E. Goodman Treasure Island iii. ii. 75 Laugh, by thunder, laugh—before a quarter of an hour's out, you'll laugh on the other side. to laugh on the wrong side (of one's mouth, face, etc.) c. Phrases: to laugh on the wrong side (of one's mouth, face, etc.) (see laugh v. Phrases 1g); on the wrong side of the blanket Sc. (see blanket n. and adj. Phrases 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] > change from exultation to dejection to laugh on the wrong side (of one's mouth, face, etc.)1771 to laugh on (also out of) the other (also wrong) side1779 to laugh on (also out of) the other (also wrong) side of one's face1807 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adverb] > illegitimately unlawfullya1425 bastardlike1563 spuriously1755 on the wrong side of the blanket1771 1714 T. Lucas Mem. Most Famous Gamesters & Sharpers 65 But tho' he laugh'd, 'twas on the wrong side of his Mouth. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 242 I did'n't come on the wrong side of the blanket, girl. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. vii. 63 I..began to laugh and sing, though it was sometimes on the wrong side of my mouth. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. xii. 338 Shafton.., men say, was a-kin to the Piercie on the wrong side of the blanket. 1837 T. Carlyle Diamond Necklace iii, in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 7/1 By-and-by thou wilt laugh on the wrong side of thy face mainly. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxxiii I'll make some of ye laugh on the wrong side. < as lemmas |
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