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
Yaroslavayah-rah-SLAH-vah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Medieval Slavic
Saana-Finnish
Elwood['elwud]
Nikola (1)-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Czech, Basque, Medieval Slavic
Cyrilla-English (Rare)
KrysiaKRI-shahPolish