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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 |
Bethuel | | bə-THYOO-əl (English) | Biblical |
Marijana | | - | Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian |
Zvjezdana | | ZVYEZ-dah-nah | Croatian |
Elton | | ['eltən] | |
Siavash | | - | Persian, Persian Mythology |
Judocus | | - | Dutch (Archaic), Ancient Celtic (Latinized) |