| 单词 | laugh out of court |
| 释义 | laugh out of courtDismiss with ridicule or scorn, as in When he told them the old car could be repaired, they laughed him out of court. This expression, which originally referred to a case so laughable or trivial that a court of law would dismiss it, originated in ancient Roman times but has been used in English, without its former legal significance, since the late 1800s. Words nearby laugh out of courtLaughlin, Laughlin Air Force Base, laugh line, laugh off, laugh one's head off, laugh out of court, laugh out of the other side of one's mouth, laughter, laughter club, Laughton, laugh track 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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