单词 | last laugh, have the |
释义 | last laugh, have theSucceed in the end, after some earlier reverses. For example, We'll have the last laugh when they learn we got the contract. This expression, alluding to laughing at the loser, appeared in slightly different form in the mid-1500s and gave rise to the modern proverbial phrase, He who laughs last laughs best (or He laughs best who laughs last). Words nearby last laugh, have thelast hurrah, last-in, first-out, lasting, Last Judgment, last knockings, last laugh, have the, lastly, last mile, last minute, last name, last out The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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