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laugh
verb
to be in a favourable position AUSTRALIA- We were down two sets to love, then Gary got his big serve working, I chipped in at the net, and we were laughing. — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 42, 1969
- — Roy Slaven (John Doyle), Five South Coast Seasons, p. 32, 1992
- All we’ve got to do is get one bloody bridge contract or one hotel, just one, and we’re ahead, we’re laughing. — Roy Slaven (John Doyle), Five South Coast Seasons, p. 76, 1992
▶ be away laughing
to make a good start NEW ZEALAND- Wait till the insurance for the truck comes through. Then we’re away laughing. — Jean Watson, Stand in the Rain, p. 72, 1964
▶ laugh all the way to the bank
to be financially successful, especially in the face of long odds or disapproval UK, 1984- Not, I suspect, that JK Rowling gives two snitches for that: she will be laughing all the way to the bank. — The Observer, 16 July 2000
▶ laugh like a drain
to laugh noisily; to guffaw UK, 1948
Referring to the noisy rushing of water down a drain or plughole.- But, he assured me, he was marrying a real girl–and all I could do was laugh like a kitchen drain. — Sue Rhodes, Now You’ll Think I’m Awful, p. 110, 1967
- What older Sloanes think they laugh like. “I laughed like a drain.” — Ann Barr and Peter York, The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook, p. 158, 1982
- — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 86, 1988
- — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 205, 1992
- I told her about the Charade and we laughed like drains. — Shane Maloney, Nice Try, p. 158, 1998
▶ laugh your bollocks off
to laugh uproariously UK- I read about this in one of the papers and laughed my bollocks off. — Danny King, The Burglar Diaries, p. 54, 2001
▶ laugh your nuts off
to laugh uproariously UKNUTSNUTI just headed for this young fella I could see laughing his nuts off at me and hoped for the best. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 12, 2000▶ laugh your tits off
to laugh a great deal UK- [I]’m laughing my tits off and drinking beers with everyone else[.] — Mike Benson, Room full of Angels (Disco Biscuits), p. 25, 1996
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