English Reference

Idiom

laugh all the way to the bank

Meaning

To make a large income easily, especially at the expense of others or by doing something that lacks significant merit or effort.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He sold his bad art and laughed all the way to the bank.”

“Critics hated the cheap movie, but the producers laughed all the way to the bank after it earned millions.”

“While the public decried the company's predatory pricing, the executives laughed all the way to the bank, indifferent to the widespread criticism of their business model.”

Examples

simple

“He sold his bad art and laughed all the way to the bank.”

contextual

“Critics hated the cheap movie, but the producers laughed all the way to the bank after it earned millions.”

complex

“While the public decried the company's predatory pricing, the executives laughed all the way to the bank, indifferent to the widespread criticism of their business model.”

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