split one's sides
English
Verb
- (idiomatic) To laugh hysterically
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
- Madcap Ciss with her golliwog curls. You had to laugh at her sometimes. For instance when she asked you would you have some more Chinese tea and jaspberry ram and when she drew the jugs too and the men's faces on her nails with red ink make you split your sides...
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
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Translations
to laugh hysterically
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