laugh all the way to the bank

Idioms  

1. Also, cried all the way to the bank. Exult in a financial gain from something that had either been derided or thought worthless. For example, You may not think much of this comedian, but he's laughing all the way to the bank. Despite the seeming difference between laugh and cry, the two terms are virtually synonymous, the one with cry being used ironically and laugh straightforwardly. [c. 1960]

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Example Sentences

Her husband will continue to hide out and laugh all the way to the bank.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

Whereas Minaj will bear the brunt of the criticism, her managers will laugh all the way to the bank.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2015

They continue to ignore the devastation their banks have brought to this country and the government continues to allow them to laugh all the way to the bank.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2011

Still, rich people remain Hollywood's preferred satire targets--we can laugh at them without guilt, seeing as how they can laugh all the way to the bank.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of them heard Mason laugh all the way to the bank.

From Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero by Smith, Francis Hopkinson