Choose the correct one: Laugh up one’s sleeves.

A. Laugh in one’s sleeves
B. Laugh at one’s sleeves
C. Laugh on one’s sleeves
D. None of these
Correct Answer: A. Laugh in one’s sleeves

The correct answer is Laugh in one’s sleeves.

  • The idiom means to laugh secretly or derisively, often at someone else's expense, without letting them know.
  • While "laugh up one's sleeve" is also a commonly used variant, "laugh in one's sleeve" is a standard and correct form of the idiom.
  • Option A (Laugh in one’s sleeves) uses the correct preposition 'in' for this idiom.
  • Option B (Laugh at one’s sleeves) is incorrect because 'at' changes the meaning to laughing *at* the sleeves themselves, which is not the idiom.
  • Option C (Laugh on one’s sleeves) is incorrect as 'on' is not the correct preposition for this idiomatic expression.
  • Option D (None of these) is incorrect because 'Laugh in one’s sleeves' is a valid and correct idiom.

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