don't make me laugh
English
Phrase
(deprecated template usage) don't make me laugh
- (informal) Used to express that one cannot take a suggestion seriously.
- 2006, Ralph Cotton, Gunfight at Cold Devil
- Humiliated, Wood said, "I shouldn't have brought it up. I'll collect that money without you. Me and Carney will take care of the ranger."
- "Carney Blake? Don't make me laugh." Rose chuckled, his hand still extended for payment. "He's been down drunk all summer. He'll be lucky if he doesn't shoot himself."
- Synonyms: that's a laugh, that's a good one, you're having a laugh
- 2006, Ralph Cotton, Gunfight at Cold Devil
Further reading
- “don t make me laugh” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “don t make me laugh”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “don t make me laugh” (US) / “don t make me laugh” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “dont make me laugh”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “don't make me laugh”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.