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
AvguŠTin	-	Slovene
Ivan	ee-VAHN (Russian, Ukrainian), IE-vən (English)	Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Slovene, En
Stephani	STEF-ə-nee	English (Modern)
Polina	pah-LEE-nah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Alycia	ə-LIS-yə, ə-LIS-ə, ə-LISH-ə	English
Merritt	MER-it	English