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Ed Howe

(1853—1937)

U.S. humorist

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

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Ed Howe

(1853-1937) U.S. humorist A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast. www.english-slang.com

laugh off

[laugh off] {v.} To dismiss with a laugh as not important or not serious; not take seriously. * /He had a bad fall while ice skating but he laughed it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

laugh one's head off

[laugh one's head off] {v. phr.}, {informal} To laugh very hard; be unable to stop laughing. * /Paul's stories are so wildly funny that I laugh my head off whenever […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Ed Howe

(1853-1937) A man is usually bald four or five years before he knows it. www.english-slang.com

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