laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth

[laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth]

or [laugh on the other side of one's mouth]

or [laugh out of the other side of one's mouth]

{v. phr.}, {informal}

also [laugh on the wrong side of one's face]

To be made sorry; to feel annoyance or disappointment; cry.

* /Paul boasted that he was a good skater, but after he fell, he laughed out of the other side of his mouth./

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	disappointment ¹³ laugh ⁶ {informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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