- the joke is on someone
- informal someone looks foolish, esp. after trying to make someone else look so
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
the joke is on someone
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(the) joke is on someone — the joke is on someone phrase used for saying that someone who was trying to make you seem silly has made themselves look silly Thesaurus: ways of saying someone is stupid or sillysynonym Main entry: joke … Useful english dictionary
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(the) joke's on — the joke s on (someone) something that you say which means someone who tried to make other people seem silly has made themselves seem silly instead. The burglars managed to lock themselves into the house until the police arrived, so the joke s on … New idioms dictionary
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