the joke's on

the joke's on somebody

something that you say which means someone who tried to make other people seem silly has made themselves seem silly instead The burglars managed to lock themselves into the house until the police arrived, so the joke's on them!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Enid	-	Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Phoebe	FEE-bee (English)	English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical, Biblical Latin
Ozazias	-	Biblical Greek
AdÉLa	-	Czech
Molina	[mə'li:nə]
Rudi	-	German, Hungarian