"It's legal, but it still doesn't pass the laugh test," he said.

"And like so much of the Hillary Clinton campaign, it could not pass the laugh test."

At first, he said the proposal "had to pass the laugh test."

The idea that this merger is in any way good for consumers doesn't pass the laugh test.

The amount had to be low enough to "pass the laugh test," one of those lawyers later said.

If this had not been 9/11, the government's theory of liability would not have passed the laugh test.

If it's something that a judge would not dismiss out of hand, it passes the laugh test.

It is an argument that does not pass the laugh test.

Talk about it doesn't pass the laugh test, only it's not really very funny.

But unlike Reagan-era claims that tax cuts would pay for themselves, it does at least pass the laugh test.