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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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[other] See: [EACH OTHER], [EVERY OTHER], [GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE] or [GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL], [GO […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

[side] See: [CHOOSE UP SIDES], [FROM SIDE TO SIDE], [GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED], [GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE] or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

[mouth] See: [BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN ONE'S MOUTH], [BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH], [BY WORD OF MOUTH], [DOWN IN THE DUMPS] or [DOWN IN THE MOUTH], [FOAM […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

[wrong] See: [BARK UP THE WRONG TREE], [BET ON THE WRONG HORSE], [GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT], [GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED], [IN THE WRONG], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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