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- be laughing up sleeve
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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Bethari | | be-TAH-ree | Indonesian, Javanese |
Abeni | | - | Western African, Yoruba |
Brigham | | BRIG-əm | English (Rare) |
Sulaiman | | - | Arabic, Indonesian, Malay |
Jelani | | - | Eastern African, Swahili |
Elvis | | EL-vis | English |