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laughing on the wrong side of one's face

laughing on the wrong side of one's face is the present participle and gerund of laugh on the wrong side of one's face.

Meaning of laugh on the wrong side of one's face

Verb

laugh on the wrong side of one's face (third-person singular simple present laughs on the wrong side of one's face, present participle laughing on the wrong side of one's face, simple past and past participle laughed on the wrong side of one's face)

  1. Synonym of laugh on the other side of one's face.
    • Socialism? Ha! ha! ha! Where’s the money to come from? Ha! ha! ha!... Hitler will at any rate go down in history as the man who made the City of London laugh on the wrong side of its face. For the first time in their lives the comfortable were uncomfortable, the professional optimists had to admit...1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. II

Questions about laughing on the wrong side of one's face

What is laughing on the wrong side of one's face the present participle and gerund of?
Laughing on the wrong side of one's face is the present participle and gerund of laugh on the wrong side of one's face.

Words near laughing on the wrong side of one's face in the dictionary

  1. laughing kookaburra
  2. laughing kookaburras
  3. laughing like a drain
  4. laughing off
  5. laughing on the other side of one's face
  6. laughing on the wrong side of one's face
  7. laughing on the wrong side of one's mouth
  8. laughing one's ass off
  9. laughing one's head off
  10. laughing out of court
  11. laughing out of the other side of one's mouth

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