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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. He who laughs last, laughs longest. and He who laughs last, laughs best. Prov. If someone does something nasty to you, that person may feel satisfaction, but you will feel even more satisfaction if you get revenge on that person.
1. Lit. to look in the opposite direction. To make sure it's safe to cross the street, look the other way before you step off the curb. 2. Fig. to ignore something on purpose. John could have prevented the problem, but he looked the other way. By looking the other way, he actually made the problem worse. See also: look, other, way.
To show one’s feelings, especially amorous ones, openly. This term comes from the old custom of tying a lady’s favor to her lover’s sleeve, thus announcing their attachment. Shakespeare used it in Othello (1.1): “But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at.” See also: heart, on, to, wear.
learn something by heart. Fig. to learn something so well that it can be written or recited without thinking; to memorize something. The director told me to learn my speech by heart. I had to go over it many times before I learned it by heart. See also: by, heart, learn.
lovestruck. Consumed with or overwhelmed by romantic feelings (for someone). A: "Oh man, look at him, tripping all over himself—he's totally smitten with her. B: "Yep. Nothing sadder than a lovestruck doofus."I became absolutely lovestruck the more Paul and I dated. I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep—I just wanted to be with him all the time.
what the hell. 1. It's not important, who cares, as in It cost a lot more, but what the hell, we can afford it. [Second half of 1800s] Also see what of it. 2.
