laugh in face

Meaning

1. Oxford67% of films

   to show in a very obvious way that you have no respect for sb

   No. They'll think you're... Oh! They'll laugh in your face.

   to laugh in your face

In the movies · 3

• to laugh in your faceEyes Wide Shut1999
• I told Adaline about it and she laughed in my face.The Age of Adaline2015
• No. They'll think you're... Oh! They'll laugh in your face.Easy Rider1969
• I laugh in the face of danger.The Lion King2019
• I laugh in the face of danger.The Lion King1994
• Puss in Boots laughs in the face of death,Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022
• A cricket laughs in my face.Mulan II2004
• because Puss in Boots laughs in the face of death, right?Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022
  • Puss Crashes His Own Fiesta
  • Puss Learns He Has Died
  • The Doctor Gives Puss His Last Life

From the same entry

• don't make me laugh
• he who laughs last laughs longest
• laugh all the way to the bank
• laugh like a drain
• laugh on the other side of your face
• laugh out of court
• laugh till you cry
• laugh up your sleeve
• laugh your head off
• not know whether to laugh or cry
• you have got to laugh
• kill yourself laughing

More idioms

• on the off chance
• out of action
• out of thin air
• that'll be the day
• within reach
• your fair share of
• be to be expected
• on shoulders
• the real thing
• wait for it
• on the spot
• at your disposal