be rolling in the aisles
be rolling in the aisles
To be laughing uproariously or hysterically. Your jokes are perfect for your speech tonight. Your audience will be rolling in the aisles!
See also: aisle, roll
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be rolling in the aisles
If people in an audience are rolling in the aisles, they are laughing a lot at something. They loved him — they were rolling in the aisles. Note: You can also say that you have an audience rolling in the aisles. It's all good knockabout stuff that has them rolling in the aisles. His shows still have them rolling in the aisles. Note: The aisles in a theatre or cinema are the gaps between the blocks of seats.
See also: aisle, roll
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- aisle
- roll in the aisles
- rolling in the aisles
- have people rolling in the aisles
- have (one) rolling in the aisles
- have (someone) laughing in the aisles
- laughing in the aisles
- rolling on the floor laughing
- be laughing (one's) head off
- be laughing your head off