know whether to laugh or cry



not know whether to laugh or cry

to be extremely upset by something bad that has happened Then they announced that my flight was delayed for ten hours. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
See also: cry, know, laugh

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zlatko-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
CeelKAY:LDutch
WalterWAWL-tər (English), VAHL-ter (German, Polish, Italian)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Italian, Ancient Germanic
LommÁN-Irish
Knute-Norwegian
Bettina[bə'tinə]