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Idiom

split one's sides

Meaning

To laugh hysterically.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“That funny movie made me split my sides.”

“My brother told such a ridiculous story at dinner that we all split our sides laughing.”

“The comedian delivered a performance so sharp and witty that the entire audience split their sides throughout the evening.”

Examples

simple

“That funny movie made me split my sides.”

contextual

“My brother told such a ridiculous story at dinner that we all split our sides laughing.”

complex

“The comedian delivered a performance so sharp and witty that the entire audience split their sides throughout the evening.”

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