split one's sides (with laughter)

split one's sides (with laughter)
split one's sides (with laughter)
Fig. to laugh so hard that one's sides almost split. (Always an exaggeration.) •

The members of the audience almost split their sides with laughter.

When I heard what happened to Patricia, I almost split my sides.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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