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he who laughs last laughs best	success is better after having previously endured ridicule.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
he who laughs last laughs hardest	Alternative form of he who laughs last laughs best.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
barrel of laughs	A toy in the shape of a barrel that emits sounds of laughter.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
barrel of laughs	That which is enjoyable or entertaining.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
barrel of laughs	That which is immature, embarrassing, or disgraceful.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bundle of laughs	Something or someone very funny or fun.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down	An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.	Rate it: (4.00 / 5 votes)
l'amour force toutes les serrures	Love laughs at locksmiths.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)