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02:25 Mar 10, 2009

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Vietnamese term or phrase: chuyện "cười ra nước mắt"

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How would you translate chuyện "cười ra nước mắt" or "cười ra nước mắt" into English?

tphuong122002 KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (1 open) Answers: 4
Local time: 22:38

Summary of answers provided

A story that makes people laugh until they cry

vietnguyenngo

story to make you "laugh yourself to tears"

Shane Wall

a story that makes you laugh on the wrong side of your mouth/face

Anh Ngoc Nguyen

Many a true words is spoken in jest

smiles

laugh till one cries

imme88

Discussion entries: 1

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7 hrs confidence:

story to make you "laugh yourself to tears"

Explanation:
There are many other possible renderings:
laugh so hard you cry
laugh so much you cry
laugh until you cry
laugh ... to tears

They all have the same underlying meaning: laughing so much that it causes tears from the eyes ... a true physical reaction.

Shane Wall
Vietnam
Local time: 22:38
Native speaker of:

English,

Vietnamese

The asker has declined this answer

8 hrs confidence:

Many a true words is spoken in jest

Explanation:
Somethings funny but making you sad.

http://smilestranslation.com

Reference: http://diendan.hocmai.vn/archive/index.php/t-5155.html

smiles
Vietnam
Local time: 16:38
Native speaker of:

Vietnamese

The asker has declined this answer

14 hrs confidence:

chuyện \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"cười ra nước mắt\\\\\\\\\\\\\ a story that makes you laugh on the wrong side of your mouth/face

Explanation:
Similar idiom:
laugh on the other side of your face

Definition: Your happiness or satisfaction with something changes to unhappiness or disapointment, which you deserve

Anh Ngoc Nguyen
Local time: 22:38
Native speaker of:

Vietnamese

The asker has declined this answer

1 day11 hrs confidence:

A story that makes people laugh until they cry

Explanation:
There are many ways f saying this but this variant is available in the Lac Viet English-Vietnamese Dictionary.

In French: Rire aux larmes

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Note added at 2 days7 hrs (2009-03-12 09:41:22 GMT)
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I think it would not necessarily mean "a bitter joke"

vietnguyenngo
Local time: 22:38
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Vietnamese

The asker has declined this answer

161 days confidence:

laugh till one cries

Explanation:
It is the popular one for this kind of expression I've seen so far

imme88
Native speaker of:

Vietnamese

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