laugh out of the wrong side of one's mouth
Variant of laugh
intransitive verb
- to make the explosive sounds of the voice, and the characteristic movements of the features and body, that express mirth, amusement, ridicule, etc.
- to be amused
- to feel or suggest joyousness; appear bright and merry: laughing eyes
transitive verb
- to express or say with laughter
- to bring about, effect, or cause to be by means of laughter: to laugh oneself hoarse
noun
- the act or sound of laughing
- anything that provokes or is fit to provoke laughter
- Informal mere diversion or pleasure