die

die laughing

1. To die happy. You're always so cheerful that I wouldn't be surprised if you died laughing.
2. To exact revenge on someone in death. If you keep fighting with your mother now, she might ultimately die laughing by taking you out of her will.
3. To laugh very hard and for a long time. We all died laughing when we saw Dave's Halloween costume.
See also: die, laugh
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

die

in. to “perish” (figuratively) from laughter or some other emotionally intense response. The whole audience died laughing.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) straight as a die
  • (those) whom the gods love die young
  • a man can die but once
  • bad habits die hard
  • be as straight as a die
  • call no man happy till he dies
  • count no man happy till he dies
  • Cowards die many times before their death
  • cowards die many times before their death(s)
  • cross my heart
  • cross my heart (and hope to die)
  • cross my heart (and point to God/hope to die)
  • cross my heart and hope to die
  • curl up
  • curl up and die
  • die
  • die a death
  • die a natural death
  • die a/the death
  • die away
  • die back
  • die behind the wheel
  • die by
  • die by (one's) own hand
  • die by (something)
  • die by own hand
  • die down
  • die for
  • die for (someone or something)
  • die for want of lobster sauce
  • die from (something)
  • die from curiosity
  • die hard
  • die in
  • die in (one's) bed
  • die in (one's) boots
  • die in (something)
  • die in boots
  • die in harness
  • die in harness, to
  • die in the last ditch
  • die in your bed
  • die is cast
  • die is cast, the
  • die laughing
  • die like a dog
  • die like a dog, to
  • die like flies
  • die like Roland
  • die of
  • die of (something)
  • die of a broken heart
  • die of boredom
  • die of curiosity
  • die of throat trouble
  • die off
  • die on
  • die on (someone or something)
  • die on (something's) feet
  • die on someone
  • die on the vine
  • die on your feet
  • die out
  • die to
  • die with (one's) boots on
  • die with one's boots on
  • die with your boots on
  • die/drop/fall like flies
  • do or die
  • do or die, to
  • dying to (do something)
  • eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
  • fixing to die
  • good die young
  • he who lives by the sword dies by the sword
  • he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword
  • hill to die on
  • It smells like someone/somebody died in (some place)!
  • it's to die
  • it's to die for
  • just curl up and die
  • lay down and die
  • lie down and die
  • live by the sword, die by the sword
  • never say die
  • no matter how the dice fall
  • no matter which way the dice fall
  • old habits die hard
  • old habits, traditions, etc. die hard
  • old traditions die hard
  • only the good die young
  • ride or die
  • ride-or-die chick
  • Somebody died in here!
  • straight as a die
  • the die has been cast
  • the die is cast
  • the rabbit died
  • the tune the old cow died of
  • the young may die, but the old must die
  • those who live by the sword, die by the sword
  • to die for
  • wake up and die right
  • want to curl up and die
  • we (all) have to eat a peck of dirt before we die
  • what did your last slave die of
  • who died and left you in charge
  • who died and made you boss
  • Who died in here?
  • Whom the gods love die young
  • wither on the vine
  • you have to eat a peck of dirt before you die
  • young men may die, but old men must die
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In die inleiding tot sy vertaling van fragmente uit Homeros se Ilias, wat in 2014 by Protea Boekhuis verskyn het, sluit Vos by die afdeling oor die invloed van die Ilias op die twintigste- en een en twintigste-eeuse poesie sy eie Afrikaanse vertalings in van Kavafis-gedigte wat die spore van daardie werk vertoon.
Hugo se digterlike besinnings oor lewe, dood en digkuns maak egter meer dikwels staat op 'n enkele onverwagte of gevatte wending of punchline [trefreel], gewoonlik aan die einde van die gedig.
M 29 vertoon duidelike trekke van die gemeenskapsteater, en is in die grond 'n tipiese voorbeeld van betrokke teater wat kommentaar gelewer het op politieke gebeure in die onstuimige tagtigerjare.
Die drieling, Shireen, Sherita en Sheroleen het op ouderdom ses by die groep in die huis aangesluit.
The key to underwater pelletizing is to transport enough hot plastic through the die holes to keep the holes at the melt temperature of the resin, while the melt and die are in contact with water that's a few hundred degrees cooler.
He was allowed to die at last, of pneumonia, because my parents had signed papers in advance, asking that their lives not be extended by heroic measures once they had crossed an irreversible threshold of pain or dementia.
Oor die tyd van sy gevangeskap in 1975, skryf Breytenbach (1984:142): "My poems became vehicles of apprehension and destruction and bitterness.
Effect Of Die, Cavity And Toggle Locations On Tie Bar Forces And Parting Plane Separation (T05-013)
* determining the dimensional profile at the die exit that gives the desired product by properly accounting for swell, drawdown and distortion downstream from the die face.
Dying well is a matter of coming to grips with the losses and suffering associated with dying, while helping others to die well is largely a question of learning to accompany and compassionately care for them in the dying process.
Why should we delay establishing a legal right to die for terminally ill patients for whom death is inevitably imminent because we don't yet have a right to adequate health care?
Die distopiese karakter van die roman bewerkstellig skakels met 'n reeks Suid-Afrikaanse romans in Afrikaans sowel as Engels; soms bloot deur die bree eienskappe van hierdie subgenre, maar dikwels ook deur intertekstuele of visuele verwysings.
Die deurlopende tema van die bundel is God, die Onsienlike Son, en sy invloed in die lewens van heiliges.
Specialty Silicone's shape-shifting Geotrans (geometric transition) die technology has been used so far only for the company's silicone rubber tubing, but it can be licensed for non-medical thermoplastic applications.
Die inleiding tot Van Patrys-hulle tot Hanna Hoekom stel dat hierdie gids poog om in 'n wesenlike leemte te voorsien: dit is die eerste enkele publikasie wat 'n substansiele geheeloorsig oor meer as 'n eeu se Afrikaanse kinder- en jeugliteratuur in al sy verskyningsvorme bied (p.