kill (oneself) laughing イディオム

kill ourselves laughing

laugh hard, hoot, split a gut When the teacher wasn't looking we killed ourselves laughing.

laughing

fortunate, lucky, rich etc. He has a full scholarship to go to university. He's laughing.

laughing stock

(See the laughing stock)

the laughing stock

the person everybody is laughing at If you ride a camel to work, we'll be the laughing stock of the town.

no laughing matter

Idiom(s): no laughing matter

Theme: SERIOUSNESS

a serious matter.
• Be serious. This is no laughing matter.
• This disease is no laughing matter. It's quite deadly.

make a laughingstock of oneself or

Idiom(s): make a laughingstock of oneself or something AND make oneself or sth a laughingstock

Theme: RIDICULE

to make oneself a source of ridicule or laughter; to do something that invites ridicule.
• Laura made herself a laughingstock by arriving at the fast-food restaurant in full evening dress.
• The board of directors made the company a laughingstock by hiring an exconvict as president.

die laughing

Idiom(s): die laughing

Theme: DAYDREAM

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.

burst out laughing

Idiom(s): burst out laughing

Theme: LAUGHTER

to begin to laugh suddenly.
• The entire audience burst out laughing at exactly the wrong time, and so did the actors.
• Every time I think of you sitting there with a lap full of noodle soup, I burst out laughing.

make oneself or sth a laughingstock

laughing matter|laugh|laughing|matter

n. A funny happening; a silly situation.

Usually used with "no". John's failing the test is no laughing matter! We were amused when our neighbor's cat had five kittens, but when our own cat had six kittens it was no laughing matter.