split a gut
split a/(one's) gut
To laugh uproariously or hysterically; to laugh so hard that it causes one's sides to hurt. Your jokes are perfect for your speech tonight. You'll have them splitting their guts! I was splitting a gut listening to your uncle's hilarious stories.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
split a gut
and bust a gut1. Fig. Inf. to laugh very hard. He laughed until he nearly split a gut. The clown made me bust a gut laughing.
2. Fig. Inf. to work very hard. I split a gut to get this place fixed up in a week. Don't bust a gut cleaning up for me. I love things that are a bit messy.
See also: gut, split
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
split a gut
1. tv. to laugh very hard. He laughed until he nearly split a gut.
2. tv. to work very hard. Don’t split a gut for me. I love things that are falling apart.
See also: gut, split
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- split a/(one's) gut
- have people rolling in the aisles
- have (one) rolling in the aisles
- laugh (one's) head off
- have (someone) laughing in the aisles
- raise a laugh
- raise a laugh/smile
- laugh until you cry
- for a laugh