Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Turkish term or phrase:
ağlanacak haline gülmek
English translation:
Laugh at your misery
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ungoodthinker
Jul 14, 2020 15:26
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Turkish term
ağlanacak haline gülmek
Turkish to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Hi,
Just want to know whether there is a true English idiom close in meaning.
Thanks.
Just want to know whether there is a true English idiom close in meaning.
Thanks.
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Laugh at your misery
Or
Laughter in my misery
Laughter in my misery
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not know whether to laugh or (to) cry
I don’t know but maybe there is a better idiom than this one.
Example sentence:
When the team lost the championship in the final seconds of the game, we didn't know whether to laugh or to cry.
I just found out all of my applications were rejected. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
9 hrs
to laugh in the face of adversity
Zor durumlarda mizahın ve gülebilmenin bir başa çıkma, vazgeçmemek yöntemi olarak kullanıldığı durumlarda soylenir
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to laugh at a situation to be cried
Tam tercümesi olarak
Peer comment(s):
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Kim Metzger
: "a situation to be cried"? No such thing in English.
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disagree |
Tim Drayton
: The clumsy, literal rendering you are searching for would read: "to laugh at a situation to be cried over" but nobody would say such a thing in English.
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Well, what is correct expression in use in English speaking 3 countries?
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