burst one's sides laughing

burst one's sides laughing
(burst (или split) one's sides (with) laughing (или with laughter; тж. laugh till one's sides split или laugh to split one's sides))
≈ покатываться, помирать со смеху, смеяться до слёз, до колик, надорвать животики, хохотать до изнеможения (отсюда side-splitting уморительный)

...Mr. Jonas was infinitely amused: protesting that he had seldom seen him better company in all his life and that he was enough to make a man split his sides with laughing. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. XI) — ...мистер Джонас ужасно развеселился и объявил, что старик сегодня решительно в ударе, просто лопнуть можно со смеху.

...the four of them sat up and laughed to split their sides and slapped one another on the back, and mentioned the satisfactory things they had seen. (U. Sinclair, ‘100%’, ch. 58) — ...все четверо сидели и хохотали до упаду, похлопывали друг друга по спине и делились впечатлениями: чего-чего только они не насмотрелись!


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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