the joke's on

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used to say that sb who tried to make another person look ridiculous now looks ridiculous instead

   I'm afraid the joke's on us, let's go.

In the movies · 2

• [cheering]Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022
• I'm afraid the joke's on us, let's go.Meet John Doe1941
• Guess the joke's on us.Sex and the City2008
• Oh, okay. The joke's on me, eh!You Don't Mess with the Zohan2008
• He only looks like he's a kid. The joke's on us.Babylon2022
• Well, pre-rolled has strychnine in them, so the joke's on him.Black Mirror: Bandersnatch2018
• Is that a joke? This is a joke, right?The Men Who Stare at Goats2009
• Joke, joke, joke, joke, jokes. Let her in.Rye Lane2023

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
• Rye Lane2023
  • Yas Teases Dom at His Gallery Show
  • Yas Buys Nathan's Photo at the Show
  • Dom and Yas Meet in Peckham

From the same entry

• be beyond a joke
• be no joke
• make a joke of
• take a joke
• joking apart
• you're joking