"laugh on the wrong side of one's face" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: laughs on the wrong side of one's face [present, singular, third-person], laughing on the wrong side of one's face [participle, present], laughed on the wrong side of one's face [participle, past], laughed on the wrong side of one's face [past]
Head templates: {{en-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 Synonyms: laugh on the other side of one's face [synonym, synonym-of]
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Inflected forms

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