rolling in the aisles

rolling in the aisles
*rolling in the aisles
Fig. [of an audience] wild with laughter. (*Typically: get them \rolling in the aisles; have them \rolling in the aisles; leave them \rolling in the aisles.) •

I have the best jokes you've ever heard. I'll have them rolling in the aisles.

What a great performance. We had them rolling in the aisles.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • have rolling in the aisles — have (someone) rolling in the aisles to make an audience (= a group of people watching a performance) laugh a lot. Considered by many to be one of Britain s best comedians, Izzard has had audiences rolling in the aisles all over the country …   New idioms dictionary

  • be rolling in the aisles — have (someone) rolling in the aisles to make an audience (= a group of people watching a performance) laugh a lot. I don t think I laughed once and yet all around me people were rolling in the aisles …   New idioms dictionary

  • laughing in the aisles — laughing/rolling/in the aisles phrase an audience that is laughing or rolling in the aisles is laughing a lot Thesaurus: to laugh a lot or start laughingsynonym Main entry: aisle …   Useful english dictionary

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