die laughing
The idiom "die laughing" is often used to express extreme amusement, sometimes to a hyperbolic extent.
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Definition
B2Informal
(hyperbole, exaggeration)To laugh very hard or uncontrollably.
Example
- The joke was so funny, I nearly died laughing.
C2Rare Occurrence
(literal, historical)To experience death as a result of a fit of laughter.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "die laughing":
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