be laughing up sleeve



be laughing up your sleeve

to laugh at someone secretly, often in an unkind way (often + at ) He persuaded people to believe in him and all the time he was laughing up his sleeve at them.
See also: laugh, sleeve, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Betharibe-TAH-reeIndonesian, Javanese
Abeni-Western African, Yoruba
BrighamBRIG-əmEnglish (Rare)
Sulaiman-Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Jelani-Eastern African, Swahili
ElvisEL-visEnglish