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
- (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