单词 | to fall about with laughter |
释义 | > as lemmasto fall about with laughter b. colloquial (chiefly British). To laugh uncontrollably; to become helpless with laughter. Frequently in to fall about laughing, to fall about with laughter. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > laugh [verb (intransitive)] > start laughing buff1611 to burst out (on) a-laughing1711 to burst (out) into laughter1853 to burst out laughing1871 to fall about1918 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > laugh convulsively or immoderately chuckle1598 to split (also break, burst, etc.) one's sides1598 to die with, or of laughing1609 to hold one's sides1609 to laugh till (also until) one cries1611 split1688 to burst one's sides1712 shake1729 to shake one's sides1736 to laugh oneself sick (also silly)1773 roll1819 to laugh one's head off1871 to break up1895 to fall about1918 pee1946 1918 R. Pertwee Old Card iii. 64 The house rocked and fell about with laughter. 1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet i. 28 The B.F. turns crimson and the rest of us fall about. Then, the joke over, we as suddenly grow quiet again. 1962 Guardian 21 Dec. 5/5 Anyone who..can sugar this pill among Shakespearean comedy until we fall about laughing needs no justification from critics. 1997 Theatre July 8/2 I just said one line of dialogue and everybody in the room fell about. But I was being totally serious. 2012 FourFourTwo Apr. 89/2 When he drove this banger into the car park we all fell about laughing. < as lemmas |
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