laugh up (one's) sleeve



laugh up (one's) sleeve

To try to hide that one is laughing at someone else. Ron may seem like a nice guy, but he laughs up his sleeve whenever he's around someone he dislikes. The popular kids laugh up their sleeves every time I walk by—it's so infuriating.
See also: laugh, sleeve, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Suman-Bengali, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali
OonaOO-na (Irish), O:-nah (Finnish)Irish, Finnish
Vesa (1)VE-sahFinnish
Asaf-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Nia (3)-English
ZackaryZAK-ə-reeEnglish