laughing on vs laughing at

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Laughing at' is used when someone is making fun of or mocking someone or something, while 'laughing on' is not a common phrase in English. It is more likely a mistake or a literal translation from another language.

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'Laughing on' is not a common phrase in English. It is more likely a mistake or a literal translation from another language.

"laughing on"

This phrase is not used in English. It is better to use 'laughing at' or 'laughing about' depending on the context.

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You should laugh at my jokes, too. I'm laughing on the inside.
I'm laughing on the inside.
I would have got here sooner, but I passed out laughing on 69th Street.
And yet, I think, laughing on purpose at the darkness.
I'm really laughing on the inside.
You're laughing on your own!
You'll be laughing on t'other side of your face one of these days, lad.
He's laughing on the wrong side of his face.
I was laughing on the wrong side of my face!
When michelle told me about it, she said she could hear all the kids laughing on the bus.
I'm not going to hear the kid laughing on the other side of the walls, you know?
These "historians of the prehistory", beyond laughing on his errors about the tools, laugh also on his studies on the art (stone-figures), accusing him of "fantasy too much fertile", and therefore with constant and increable fury.
Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside,
Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside, the fastidious wrinkle in the brow of Psych.
[Audience Laughing On TV] - Why not?
That's what he used to say - "Laughing on the wrong side of your face."
I'm only laughing on the outside.
Maybe I'm laughing on the inside.
You were laughing on the phone.
She was laughing on the way here.

Alternatives:

laughing at
laughing about

'Laughing at' is a common phrase in English used when someone is making fun of or mocking someone or something.

"laughing at"

Use 'laughing at' when you want to indicate that someone is finding amusement in making fun of or mocking someone or something.

Examples:

He was laughing at the silly joke.
Stop laughing at me!
She felt bad for laughing at her friend's misfortune.
The kids were laughing at the clown's funny antics.
I don't like it when people laugh at others' mistakes.

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Always laughing at the stupidest things.
You laugh, you're laughing at someone who won't engage.
They're laughing at you on the street.
They were sitting on your truck, laughing at us.
And now you're laughing at me.
The whole village, they're laughing at me.
Thanks for not laughing at me.
The team is laughing at him.
Dad, she's laughing at me.
He wasn't laughing at us, Alex.
He's sitting and laughing at us somewhere.
Come on, the caribou are laughing at us.
Nobody's laughing at you, Logan.
I didn't hear anybody laughing at you.
People laughing at me falling over.
We're not laughing at you, Dwight.
You are laughing at a grieving man.
We got a killer out there laughing at us.
Wherever it is, it's laughing at me.

Alternatives:

laughing about

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