rich man's joke is always funny



rich man's joke is always funny

Prov. Everyone wants to curry favor with rich people and so will always laugh at their jokes. (From a poem by Thomas Edward Brown.) We all thought that Mr. Lisle was a narrow-minded, unpleasant old man, but we were careful to act otherwise, because he was wealthy. A rich man's joke is always funny.
See also: always, funny, joke, rich

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NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Webster['webstə]
HalİMe-Turkish
Gu&Eth;Fri&Eth;R-Ancient Scandinavian
Ebba (1)EB-bah (Swedish), E-bah (German)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German (Rare)
Amilcareah-meel-KAH-reItalian
Parthenope-Greek Mythology