laugh like a drain

laugh like a drain

1. verb To laugh in a very loud, boisterous, and hearty manner; to guffaw. Mike's friend Jessie had me laughing like a drain all evening long.
2. noun A very loud, boisterous, and hearty laugh. My mother had a laugh like a drain that brought a smile to everyone in the room.
See also: drain, laugh, like
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

laugh like a drain

BRITISH
If you laugh like a drain, you laugh noisily. I read my tattered copies of P.G. Wodehouse and laughed like a drain. We glanced across at each other and I saw he was laughing like a drain! Note: The idea is of loud laughter sounding like water disappearing down a drain, and perhaps also of the open mouth resembling the drain.
See also: drain, laugh, like
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

laugh like a drain

laugh raucously; guffaw. British informal
See also: drain, laugh, like
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

laugh like a ˈdrain

(British English) laugh very loudly: When I told him what had happened he laughed like a drain, as if it was the funniest thing he’d ever heard.
See also: drain, laugh, like
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • crack someone up
  • crack up
  • cracked up
  • cross over
  • face off
  • face-off
  • answer to
  • bag it
  • bag someone
  • bagging
References in periodicals archive
You might discover a band you never knew you liked; and you'll definitely see some great videos - and laugh like a drain at its brilliant silliness.
REVIEW; ADAM BUXTON: THE BEST OF BUG CRESCENT THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM
As doom and gloom gnaws away at our brains I hope my telly makes me laugh like a drain, but I fear the runaway success of Manuelgate will empower the Complaining Classes to censor every last gag.
Let's laugh in the face of the comedy killjoys