laugh up sleeve

laugh up one's sleeve

to laugh secretly; to laugh quietly to oneself. Jane looked very serious, but I knew she was laughing up her sleeve. I told Sally that her dress was darling, but I was laughing up my sleeve because her dress was too small.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anaiah	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Alexis	ah-LEK-sis (German), al-ek-SEE (French), ə-LEK-sis (English)	German, French, English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Eshe	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Nando	-	Spanish
Vladimira	-	Slovene, Croatian
Freddie	FRED-ee	English