Idiom
barrel of laughs
Meaning
A great amount of enjoyment or entertainment, or something or someone that provides this.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The party was a barrel of laughs.”
“My uncle is a barrel of laughs — he always has a funny story to tell.”
“What had seemed like a tedious office retreat turned out to be a barrel of laughs, thanks to the unexpected talent show.”
Examples
simple
“The party was a barrel of laughs.”
contextual
“My uncle is a barrel of laughs — he always has a funny story to tell.”
complex
“What had seemed like a tedious office retreat turned out to be a barrel of laughs, thanks to the unexpected talent show.”
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