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die laughing

Idioms  

  1. 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.

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“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 • Nov. 15, 2023

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 • Apr. 12, 2023

“I die laughing every time TheGoldenOne is included in your videos,” writes one commenter.

From The Verge • Aug. 24, 2018

But people aren’t going to die laughing, either.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2015

An old lady stared at them, and James growled, "That's how Mosely of the Jungle triumphs. They all die laughing."

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte

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