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
Akane	ah-kah-ne	Japanese
Sabriyya	-	Arabic
Rahman	-	Arabic, Persian, Indonesian, Malay
JoŠKo	-	Croatian
Gedeon	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Jolana	-	Czech, Slovak