Laugh like a hunchback
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:15 am
Hello and thank you for joining me for this new episode of the Authentic French podcast. Today, we are going to study together the expression "laugh like a hunchback". You may have already heard this French idiomatic expression, "laugh like a hunchback".
In a few moments, this expression will no longer hold any secrets for you. But before moving on to the explanations, I would like to give you two current points. The first is a general point. You can now download the free PDF file that is in the description of this episode and you can also register for the waiting list of the Authentic French Academy . I'll give you a link, it's the second link in the description. It gives all the necessary information in fact for the academy. What is the academy? How will it help you? How will you practice with our tutors? Etc. And so registrations being closed, they will open on January 8, I invite you now to register for the waiting list.
Let’s get to the topic of the day and our expression “laughing like a hunchback”.
The verb "to laugh", it's clear, it means uae whatsapp number data to have a reaction to something funny or we can also laugh when we are happy. We laugh when we are happy or when something is funny. If someone tells me something funny and I laugh, well I say: "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha". That's laughing, the verb "to laugh".
"Like" is a conjunction that indicates a way or a manner of doing. You will understand or you most likely know the word "like", but it indicates a way or a manner of doing.
And the word "hunchback" corresponds to a person who has a hump, a hump is a lump, eh, in the back or on the back. So a hunchback is someone who does not stand up straight. He has a hump in his back, he is a little bent, like the hunchback of Notre-Dame for example, very famous thanks to Victor Hugo.
So laughing like a hunchback, we understand what laughing is, but why would we laugh like a hunchback. Well, in fact, this expression appeared during the 19th century and it is based on the fact that we say of a person who laughs a lot that they are doubled up with laughter. We even have another expression which is "bent in two". If we say that someone is doubled up or doubled up with laughter, it means that they laugh a lot, they laugh so much that their stomach hurts and they actually double up.
In a few moments, this expression will no longer hold any secrets for you. But before moving on to the explanations, I would like to give you two current points. The first is a general point. You can now download the free PDF file that is in the description of this episode and you can also register for the waiting list of the Authentic French Academy . I'll give you a link, it's the second link in the description. It gives all the necessary information in fact for the academy. What is the academy? How will it help you? How will you practice with our tutors? Etc. And so registrations being closed, they will open on January 8, I invite you now to register for the waiting list.
Let’s get to the topic of the day and our expression “laughing like a hunchback”.
The verb "to laugh", it's clear, it means uae whatsapp number data to have a reaction to something funny or we can also laugh when we are happy. We laugh when we are happy or when something is funny. If someone tells me something funny and I laugh, well I say: "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha". That's laughing, the verb "to laugh".
"Like" is a conjunction that indicates a way or a manner of doing. You will understand or you most likely know the word "like", but it indicates a way or a manner of doing.
And the word "hunchback" corresponds to a person who has a hump, a hump is a lump, eh, in the back or on the back. So a hunchback is someone who does not stand up straight. He has a hump in his back, he is a little bent, like the hunchback of Notre-Dame for example, very famous thanks to Victor Hugo.
So laughing like a hunchback, we understand what laughing is, but why would we laugh like a hunchback. Well, in fact, this expression appeared during the 19th century and it is based on the fact that we say of a person who laughs a lot that they are doubled up with laughter. We even have another expression which is "bent in two". If we say that someone is doubled up or doubled up with laughter, it means that they laugh a lot, they laugh so much that their stomach hurts and they actually double up.