Guest: what is th emeaning of last laugh? I suppose you mean "last laugh" as in "Jack had the last laugh". It comes from the saying, "He who laughs last laughs best". It means, roughly, that if someone plays a joke on you or humiliates you in order to laugh at you, you may be able to turn that around to your advantage and laugh at them, perhaps by playing an even bigger joke on them or by coming out the situation even better than before. So it's better to laugh because you have overcome some humiliation than it is to laugh because you are humiliating someone. So the last laugh is the best laugh. I hope I've made that clear! CJ "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Frank Sinatra's song They All Laughed Lyrics by George Gershwin The odds were a hundred to one against me The world thought the heights were too high to climb But people from Missouri never incensed me Oh, I wasn't a bit concerned For from history I had learned How many, many times the worm had turned They all laughed at Christopher Columbus When he said the world was round They all laughed when Edison recorded sound They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother When they said that man could fly They told Marconi Wireless was a phony It's the same old cry They laughed at me wanting you Said I was reaching for the moon But oh, you came through Now they'll have to change their tune They all said we never could be happy They laughed at us and how! But ho, ho, ho! Who's got They all laughed at Rockefeller Center Now they're fighting to get in They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin They all laughed Fulton and his steamboat Hershey and his chocolate bar Ford and his Lizzie Kept the laughers busy That's how people are They laughed at me wanting you Said it would be, "Hello, Goodbye." But oh, you came through Now they're eating humble pie They all said we'd never get together Darling, let's take a bow For ho, ho, ho! Who's got Hee, hee, hee! Let's at the past laugh Ha, ha, ha! Who's got paco Senior Member 4,095  In Japan today even dogs are learning how to bow-wow in English. | |
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