English Dictionary

the joke is on someone

フレーズ

慣用表現

(idiomatic) Someone is the butt of a joke or is experiencing a negative outcome, especially if that person was trying to make someone else the butt of the joke or subject them to the negative outcome.

日本語の意味

他人を笑わせようとして、逆に自分が笑いの対象となる状況、つまり冗談の標的となり、皮肉な結果や否定的な結果に直面することを意味する。 / 自分で仕掛けた冗談や操作が裏目に出て、結果的に自分が笑われる、またはネタにされる状態を指す。

She tried to set him up for embarrassment, but in the end the joke is on someone who underestimated her.

彼女は彼を恥をかかせようとしたが、結局彼を侮ったために彼女が笑い者になった。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) Someone is the butt of a joke or is experiencing a negative outcome, especially if that person was trying to make someone else the butt of the joke or subject them to the negative outcome.

As only a small per cent of the dealers use the word Leghorn, and the ones who do try to use it can't tell a Leghorn from a mixed breed or from many other breeds, the most of the joke is on someone else.