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die laughing

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  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

I thought Call would die laughing on the spot, but he managed to control himself enough to gasp, “Get it, Wheeze? Get it?”

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

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