split one's sides en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To laugh hysterically.
And we sat and watched the women hide Laughed so much we split our sides Scattered horses that they would ride Mayhem in the high degree.
1988, “Mayhem Maybe”, in Ian Anderson (music), 20 Years of Jethro Tull, performed by Jethro Tull:Madcap Ciss with her golliwog curls. You had to laugh at her sometimes. For instance when she asked you would you have some more Chinese tea and jaspberry ram and when she drew the jugs too and the men's faces on her nails with red ink make you split your sides[…]
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| splitting one's sides | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| splits one's sides | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| split one's sides | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| split one's sides | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
roll in the aisles · laugh one's head off
Translations (27)
es descalzarse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · es troncharse (to laugh hysterically) · tr gülmekten yarılmak (to laugh hysterically) · nl in een deuk liggen (to laugh hysterically) · es caerse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · es desperezarse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · es carcajearse (to laugh hysterically) · es morirse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · es desternillarse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · de sich totlachen (to laugh hysterically) · es troncharse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · es partirse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · de sich schlapplachen (to laugh hysterically) · es despedazarse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · es mondarse (to laugh hysterically) · es reírse a carcajadas (to laugh hysterically) · es finarse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · es mearse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · pl boki zrywać (to laugh hysterically) · es partirse (to laugh hysterically) · es desternillarse (to laugh hysterically) · es mondarse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · es descoyuntarse de risa (to laugh hysterically) · es carcajear (to laugh hysterically) · nl dubbel liggen (to laugh hysterically) · gl esmendrellar (to laugh hysterically) · fi nauraa katketakseen (to laugh hysterically)