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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:25 pm Post subject: at my expense |
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What is the meaning of "they all laugh at my expense"?
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asterix
Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Posts: 1654
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:01 am Post subject: |
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They all laugh AT me.
That means I am the butt of their jokes. |
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missdaredevil
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject: at my expense |
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I have more problems with the "at my expense" part.
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asterix
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Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 7:13 am Post subject: |
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If you and I go out to a restaurant at my expense, it means I pay.
If I renovate my mother's house at my expense, it means I pay.
If someone laughs at my expense it means I pay. But not in money. It means I pay a price in embarrassment, or humiliation, or shame, or some other negative way. |
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