| 单词 | to laugh out of wrong side of one's mouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto laugh out of wrong side of one's mouth d. to laugh on the other (also wrong) side of one's mouth: see laugh v. Phrases 1g(a); also to laugh out of wrong side of one's mouth, to sing (out of or at) the wrong side of one's mouth. ΚΠ 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 498 They'll quick make you sing the wrong side of your mouth. 1845 M. J. E. Sue Wandering Jew xi. vii. 351/1 ‘They like to sing in their Common House,’ cried Ciboule; ‘we will make them sing at the wrong side of their mouths, in the key of “Oh, dear me!”’ 1959 B. Comyns Vet's Daughter xi. 98 Her brothers used to call her the ‘singing mouse’, among other silly pet-names; but I soon made her sing out of the wrong side of her mouth. < as lemmas |
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