"laugh on the other side of one's face" meaning in All languages combined

See laugh on the other side of one's face on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: laughs on the other side of one's face [present, singular, third-person], laughing on the other side of one's face [participle, present], laughed on the other side of one's face [participle, past], laughed on the other side of one's face [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} laugh on the other side of one's face (third-person singular simple present laughs on the other side of one's face, present participle laughing on the other side of one's face, simple past and past participle laughed on the other side of one's face)
  1. (UK, intransitive, informal) To experience discomfiture after displaying cockiness. Tags: UK, informal, intransitive Synonyms: laugh on the other side of one's mouth, laugh on the wrong side of one's face, laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth, laugh out of the other side of one's face, laugh out of the other side of one's mouth [US], laugh out of the wrong side of one's face, laugh out of the wrong side of one's mouth Related terms: have the last laugh, he who laughs last laughs best, talk, speak out of both sides of one's mouth Translations (Translations): hymy hyytyy (Finnish), faire moins le malin (French), gáire Sheáin dóite a dhéanamh (Irish), pēc lieliem smiekliem nāk gaužas asaras (Latvian), but see wstydzić się [imperfective] (Polish)

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