a barrel/bundle of laughs

barrel of laughs

Fun, funny, and pleasant. Often used sarcastically to indicate that someone is unpleasant or not enjoyable to be around. A: "Is Mr. Grant always cranky?" B: "Oh, yeah—he's a real barrel of laughs!" I always have so much fun when Katie's around—she's totally a barrel of laughs! Oh sure, our science teacher is a real barrel of laughs, especially when he's the detention monitor.

See also: barrel, laugh, of

bundle of laughs

(Something that is) fun, funny, and pleasant. Often used sarcastically to indicate that someone is unpleasant or not enjoyable to be around. A: "Is Mr. Grant always cranky?" B: "Oh, yeah—he's a real bundle of laughs!" I always have so much fun when Katie's around—she's totally a bundle of laughs! Tom is usually such a bundle of laughs, but he's been really down lately. I hope he's OK.

See also: bundle, laugh, of

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a barrel of laughs

a source of fun or amusement. informal

1996 Mail on Sunday Seeing so many old people gathered all in one place was hardly a barrel of laughs.

See also: barrel, laugh, of

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a barrel/bundle of ˈlaughs

(informal, often ironic) very amusing; a lot of fun: Life hasn’t exactly been a barrel of laughs lately.

See also: barrel, bundle, laugh, of

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