die laughing

Idioms and Phrases

Experience extreme amusement, as in When his pants fell down, I thought I'd die laughing . This hyperbolic expression was used by Shakespeare in The Taming of the Shrew (3:2): “Went they not quickly, I should die with laughing.” Also see split one's sides .

Example Sentences

They said, "I’m not staying up for the sexiest man, it’s just that it’s going to happen soon and if it’s John Krasinski and not Glen Powell I’m going to die laughing."

From Salon

My friends and I just die laughing.

From Los Angeles Times

“If I said purple, you’d say red / With your brown hair tumbling like an unmade bed / And we’d both die laughing at something I said / Talking to you.”

From Los Angeles Times

Every time he would come out in a terrible polo, I would just die laughing because I think it's the funniest thing of all time.

From Salon

"Or what? I'll die laughing? There are worse ways to go, Sik."

From Literature

Related Words

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