laugh all the way to the bank
Celebrate financial success
To laugh all the way to the bank is to profit handsomely from something others doubted or criticized.
The phrase carries a note of vindication—critics mocked the venture, but the person succeeded anyway: They called his invention ridiculous, but he laughed all the way to the bank.
Sometimes used more neutrally for anyone making easy money: The landlord raises rents and laughs all the way to the bank.
- profitableProducing financial benefit
- bankPlace holding deposits
- laughExpress amusement vocally
- money talksRiches hold influence
- moneyCurrency for transactions
cash in · easy money · smugness · moneymaking · vindication · last laugh · told you so · success · pleasure · gloating · delight · doubters · fortune · critics · disbelief · sweet revenge · prosperity · gain
laugh all the way to the banklose one's shirt
Forfeit all assets
go bankrupt · go bust · take a bath · go belly up · come up empty
laugh all the way to the bankeat humble pie
Admit error humbly
lick one's wounds · drown one's sorrows · rue the day · suffer in silence · face the music
laugh all the way to the bankeat crow
Acknowledge embarrassing error
eat one's words · have egg on one's face · learn the hard way · fall flat on one's face · go down in flames