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he laughs best who laughs last

he laughs best who laughs last

A person should go ahead with what he is doing and not worry when others laugh at him. When he succeeds he will enjoy laughing at them for being wrong more than they enjoyed laughing at him. — A proverb.

Everyone laughed at Mary when she was learning to ski. She kept falling down. Now she is the state champion. He laughs best who laughs last.

Compare: CHANGE ONE'S TUNE, LAST LAUGH, LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH, SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[have the last laugh] or [get the last laugh] {v. phr.} To make someone seem foolish for having laughed at you. * /Other schools laughed at us when our little […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[last] See: [AT LAST], [EVERY LAST MAN], [EVERY SINGLE] or [EVERY LAST], [FIRST AND LAST], [HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST], [HAVE THE LAST LAUGH], [ON ONE'S LAST LEGS], [TILL […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[bundle of laughs] {n. phr.} A very amusing person, thing, or event. * /Uncle Lester tells so many jokes that he is a bundle of laughs./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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