die laughing

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 laughing

 
1. Lit. to meet one's death laughing-in good spirits, revenge, or irony. Sally is such an optimist that she'll probably die laughing. Bob tried to poison his rich aunt, who then died laughing because she had taken Bob out of her will.
2. Fig. to laugh very long and hard. The joke was so funny that I almost died laughing. The play was meant to be funny, but the audience didn't exactly die laughing.
See also: die, laugh
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

die laughing

Experience extreme amusement, as in When his pants fell down, I thought I'd die laughing. This hyperbolic expression was used by Shakespeare in The Taming of the Shrew (3:2): "Went they not quickly, I should die with laughing." Also see split one's sides.
See also: die, laugh
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

die ˈlaughing

(informal) find something extremely funny: I nearly died laughing when he said that.
See also: die, laugh
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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 also:
  • die
  • be laughing up (one's) sleeve
  • be laughing up your sleeve
  • sleeve
  • be all smiles
  • bust out laughing
  • rolling on the floor laughing
  • be laughing (one's) head off
  • be laughing your head off
  • laughing in the aisles
References in periodicals archive
IF it were not so serious, I think Europeans might die laughing at us.
In a country torn apart by Brexit with Boris at the helm of a sinking ship we NEED more Chabs so at least we can all die laughing.
Well he is and you're going to die laughing when you hear all about it.
Lowy is the author of three previous novels; Die Laughing, Pedal, and To Dream: Anatomy of a Humachine.
I nearly had to call a paramedic as I thought I was going die laughing when Brendan Rodgers said the referee took the Valencia game away from them.
The scene with the most bite takes place in a hospital cardiac ward, but sadly no one will die laughing at this.
Jake said: "It is so funny you might die laughing".
Will the murderer be unmasked before everyone meets their doom, or do the audience die laughing first?
"The whole world takes birth crying, but Mahavira taught us to die laughing. Today, the Supreme Court has given a historical ruling, which has been a law in Jainism for ages.
Or else, you might literally 'die laughing,' as the expression goes.
Are we not risible beings capable of roaring, giggling, snickering, guffawing, howling, chortling, cackling, yes, to die laughing? Our ability to laugh and to cry cuts across all cultures and centuries.
See Dracula: Die Laughing at the Westovian Theatre, South Shields, on April 22 and 23 at 7.30pm.
It found people can literally die laughing - with excessive mirth causing heart rupture, torn gullets and incontinence.
DIE LAUGHING A COMEDY play based on the Dracula story will start a regional tour in Durham this autumn before making an appearance at Whitby's Goth Weekend.
"I ask seniors to tell me how they can die laughing," Siegel reveals.