laugh up one's sleeve

laugh up one's sleeve or laugh in one's sleeve

or laugh in one's beard

To be amused but not show it; hide your laughter.

He was laughing up his sleeve when Joe answered the phone because he knew the call would he a joke.

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sleeve

[sleeve] See: [CARD UP ONE'S SLEEVE], [LAUGH UP ONE'S SLEEVE] or [LAUGH IN ONE'S SLEEVE], [ROLL UP ONE'S SLEEVES], [UP ONE'S SLEEVE] or [IN ONE'S SLEEVE], [WEAR ONE'S HEART ON […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

up one's sleeve

[up one's sleeve] or [in one's sleeve] {adv. phr.} 1. Hidden in the sleeve of one's shirt or coat and ready for secret or wrongful use. * /The crooked gambler […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

beard

[beard] See: [LAUNCH UP ONE'S SLEEVE] or [LAUGH IN ONE'S SLEEVE] or [LAUGH IN ONE'S BEARD]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

laugh in one's beard

[laugh in one's beard] See: [LAUGH UP ONE'S SLEEVE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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