Ed Howe

(1853—1937)

U.S. humorist

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

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Ed Howe

(1853-1937) U.S. humorist A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast. www.sky-net-eye.com

laugh off

[laugh off] {v.} To dismiss with a laugh as not important or not serious; not take seriously. * /He had a bad fall while ice skating but he laughed it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

laugh one's head off

[laugh one's head off] {v. phr.}, {informal} To laugh very hard; be unable to stop laughing. * /Paul's stories are so wildly funny that I laugh my head off whenever […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

have the last laugh

[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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из огня да в полымя

[из огня да в полымя] {proverb} ~ out of the frying pan into the fire

public enemy

[public enemy] {n. phr.} A famous criminal. * /Al Capone of Chicago used to be Public Enemy Number One during prohibition./

Cardinal de Retz

(1613-1679), French politician Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.

double-check

[double-check] {v.} 1. To do a double check on; look at again very carefully. * /When the last typing of his book was […]