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
Marcus	MAR-kuws (Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin), MAHR-kəs (English)	Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Estebe	-	Basque
AurÉLie	o-re-LEE	French
Carlson	['ka:lsən]
Porter	PAWR-tər	English
Ulvİ	-	Turkish