- you have to laugh
- you have to laugh or you've got to laugh
spoken
spoken used for saying that, although a situation may seem completely bad, you are able to find something funny about it
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you have to laugh
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you have to laugh — spoken you’ve got to laugh spoken phrase used for saying that, although a situation may seem completely bad, you are able to find something funny about it Thesaurus: relating to humoursynonym Main entry: laugh … Useful english dictionary
have to laugh — ◇ If you say you have to laugh about something, you mean that it is amusing in a certain way, even if it is also unpleasant or foolish. I had to laugh when I found out that our luggage had been lost. What else could go wrong? • • • Main Entry:… … Useful english dictionary
you have got to laugh — you ˌhave/you ve ˌgot to ˈlaugh idiom (informal) used to say that you think there is a funny side to a situation • Well, I m sorry you ve lost your shoes, but you ve got to laugh, haven t you? Main entry: ↑laughidiom … Useful english dictionary
you've got to laugh — you have to laugh or you ve got to laugh spoken spoken used for saying that, although a situation may seem completely bad, you are able to find something funny about it … English dictionary
laugh — laugh1 W2S2 [la:f US læf] v [: Old English; Origin: hliehhan] 1.) to make sounds with your voice, usually while you are smiling, because you think something is funny ▪ Maria looked at him and laughed. laugh at/about ▪ I didn t know what I was… … Dictionary of contemporary English
laugh — [[t]lɑ͟ːf, læ̱f[/t]] ♦ laughs, laughing, laughed 1) VERB When you laugh, you make a sound with your throat while smiling and show that you are happy or amused. People also sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or are being unfriendly. He was… … English dictionary
laugh — 1 verb 1 MAKE SOUND (I) to make the sounds and movements of the face that people make when they think something is funny: Jonathan kept pulling funny faces at me, and I couldn t stop laughing. (+ at/about): I couldn t understand why they were all … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
laugh — I UK [lɑːf] / US [læf] verb [intransitive] Word forms laugh : present tense I/you/we/they laugh he/she/it laughs present participle laughing past tense laughed past participle laughed *** Other ways of saying laugh: giggle to laugh in a nervous… … English dictionary
you you've got to laugh — you ˌhave/you ve ˌgot to ˈlaugh idiom (informal) used to say that you think there is a funny side to a situation • Well, I m sorry you ve lost your shoes, but you ve got to laugh, haven t you? Main entry: ↑laughidiom … Useful english dictionary
laugh something off — you have to just laugh off their stupid remarks Syn: dismiss, make a joke of, make light of, shrug off, brush aside, scoff at; informal pooh pooh … Thesaurus of popular words
