laugh on the other side of one's face (English, verb)
expansion: laugh on the other side of one's face (third-person singular simple present laughs on the other side of one's face, present participle laughing on the other side of one's face, simple past and past participle laughed on the other side of one's face)
Senses:
glosses: To experience discomfiture after displaying cockiness.
tags: UK
informal
intransitive
Forms:
form: laughs on the other side of one's face
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: laughing on the other side of one's face
tags: participle
present
form: laughed on the other side of one's face
tags: participle
past
form: laughed on the other side of one's face
tags: past
form: laugh on the other side of one's mouth
tags: alternative
form: laugh on the wrong side of one's face
tags: alternative
form: laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth
tags: alternative
form: laugh out of the other side of one's face
tags: alternative
form: laugh out of the other side of one's mouth
tags: alternative
US
form: laugh out of the wrong side of one's face
tags: alternative
form: laugh out of the wrong side of one's mouth
tags: alternative