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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ChloeKLO-ee (English)English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Atteridge['ætəridʒ]
Heidrun-Norse Mythology, German
Aliya (1)-Kazakh, Tatar, Arabic
Chukwuma-Western African, Igbo
ÍOmhar-Irish