Translation for "auf seinen kosten" to english

Auf seinen kosten

• at his own expense
• cost his

Translation examples

at his own expense

Er lachte herzlich, auf seine Kosten.
He laughed, heartily, at his own expense.

»Die Gebärmutter?« »Ich bin nicht gern drin rumgeschwommen, sagt sie«, antwortete er mit einem Lächeln, das auf seine Kosten hätte gehen können, aber noch wahrscheinlicher auf Kosten seiner Frau ging.
'The womb?' 'I didn't like swimming around in there, she says,' he replied, with a smile that might have been at his own expense, but was more likely at that of his wife.