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

Between paroxysms it is known to have remarked: "I shall certainly die laughing."

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I thought I would die laughing when I saw the girls go to their dressing room.

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We all took one another by the arms, and then whirled round; it was comical enough to make one die laughing.

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"You'd die laughing to see her try to get a whack at me," called back Bandy-legs.

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Well, I didnt tell him any better, but I thought I should die laughing.'

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