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Re: Find menaing of phrase

Posted by Bookworm on September 23, 2004

In Reply to: Find menaing of phrase posted by alva on September 23, 2004

: laugh now cry later

I've heard it to mean that you however hard (or much) you laugh now, you will cry that hard (or that much) later. I've been told that when
I am laughing almost uncontrollably and somefears that I will cry that much later. It's also a bit of a superstition.