Was she laughing up her sleeve as she watched jaws drop?
It may seem ironic that the people who receive the most money are already well off and don't need to pay off heavy debts.
Quite a few billionaires create charitable institutions that give them total control over how the money is dished out.
Many high-ranking execs are setting aside their penchants to get ahead in business.
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────────────────────────────── laugh up one's sleeve, ほくそ笑む ────────────────────────────── If you say that someone is laughing up their sleeve, you mean that they are secretly amused by something, for example because someone else has done something badly or because they know something that nobody else knows. This expression is usually used to show disapproval.
ex) He never left England. He's holed up somewhere in the countryside, laughing up his bloody sleeve.
NOTE: The image here is of someone trying to hide the fact that they are laughing by putting their hand or arm in front of their mouth.
────────────────────────────── jaw drop, びっくりする ────────────────────────────── Your jaw is the lower part of your face below your mouth. The movement of your jaw is sometimes considered to express a particular emotion. For example, if your jaw drops, you are very surprised.
ex) Meg's jaw dropped in amazement.
────────────────────────────── well off, 裕福で、恵まれて ────────────────────────────── Someone who is well-off is rich enough to be able to do and buy most of the things that they want. [INFORMAL]
ex) My grand parents were quite well off.
────────────────────────────── dish out, …を与える ────────────────────────────── If you dish out something, you give an amount of it to each person in a group. [INFORMAL]
ex) dishing out presents in the Christmas bazaar.
────────────────────────────── penchant, 趣味、強い好み ────────────────────────────── If someone has a penchant for something, they have a special liking for it or a tendency to do it. [FORMAL]
ex) He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.
She {dishes out} fortune to {charitable institutes}. One of the reasons to this is because her family is quite {well off}. She sometimes {rallies support} for {famine relief}. My jaw dropped when I heard she goes to {poverty-stricken} countries to help people. She must have a {penchant} for helping people. I imagine she has the {nous} not to {laugh up her sleeve} to others.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Giving While Living (2) 3/5-6 2008"
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