Funny Laughing Gif Biography
Source(google.com.pk)make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision:
he rarely smiled or laughed
she couldn’t help laughing at his jokes
we fell about laughing
(laugh at) treat with ridicule or scorn:
many people only laughed at these stories
(laugh something off) dismiss something by treating it in a light-hearted way:
he laughed off suggestions that the company was in trouble
(be laughing) informal be in a fortunate or successful position:
if next year’s model is as successful, Ford will be laughing
noun
1an act of laughing:
she gave a loud, silly laugh
2 (a laugh) informal something that causes laughter; a source of fun, amusement, or derision:
come along, it’ll be a laugh
she decided to play along with him for a laugh
that’s a laugh, the idea of you cooking a meal!
a person who is good fun or amusing company:
I like Peter—he’s a good laugh
Phrases
be laughing all the way to the bank
informal be making a great deal of money very easily:
investors in South Wales Electricity were laughing all the way to the bank
have the last laugh
be finally vindicated, thus confounding earlier scepticism:
the success of his novel meant he had the last laugh on the Irish literati
he who laughs last laughs longest
proverb don’t rejoice too soon, in case your delight at your own good fortune is premature.
laugh one's head off
laugh heartily or uncontrollably:
the audience laughed its head off all the way through the show
laugh in someone's face
show open contempt for someone by laughing rudely at them in their presence:
I remonstrated with him but he just laughed in my face
figurative
vandals and muggers who laugh in the face of the law
the laugh is on me (or you, him, etc.)
the tables are turned and now the other person is the one who appears ridiculous:
all the critics had laughed at him—well, the laugh was on them now
laugh like a drain
British informal laugh raucously:
when I told her I fancied her, she laughed like a drain
a laugh a minute
very funny:
it’s a laugh a minute when Lois gets together with her dad
laugh on the other side of one's face (or North American out of the other side of one's mouth)
be discomfited after feeling satisfaction or confidence about something.
laugh someone/thing out of court
British dismiss with contempt as being obviously ridiculous:
an application for a course in ‘paintball combat’ was laughed out of court
laugh oneself silly (or sick)
laugh uncontrollably or for a long time:
the audience was laughing themselves silly
laugh something to scorn
dated ridicule something:
she laughed their gossip to scorn
laugh up one's sleeve
be secretly or inwardly amused:
he must have been laughing up at his sleeve all the time I was interviewing him
no laughing matter
something serious that should not be joked about:
heavy snoring is no laughing matter
play something for laughs
(of a performer) try to arouse laughter in an audience, especially in inappropriate circumstances:
he played everything for laughs, especially if there were girls around
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