의미: aisles

★aisle ([동음어] isle)〔L 「날개」의 뜻에서〕 n.

1 《미》 (극장·교실·열차·버스 등의) 통로, 복도

2 (교회당의) 측면의 복도, 측랑(側廊)
cross the aisle 《미·구어》 변절하다, 전향하다
rock[knock, have, lay, put, roll] the audience in the aisles 《미·구어》 (관중)을 왁자그르르 웃기다
two on the aisle 극장 정면 통로측의 두 좌석 《한 쌍의 가장 좋은 자리》
walk down the aisle (신랑, 신부가 식후에) 정면 통로로 나오다; 결혼하다

knock them in the aisles 관용구

rolling in the aisles

laughing so hard they fall out of their chairs Robin Williams made us laugh. We were rolling in the aisles.

have them rolling in the aisles

Idiom(s): have them rolling in the aisles

Theme: LAUGHTER

to make an audience roll in the aisles with laughter. (Slang.)
• I have the best jokes you've ever heard. I'll have them rolling in the aisles.
• What a great performance. We had them rolling in the aisles.

roll in the aisles

roll in the aisles
Laugh very hard, as in The comedian's new book had them rolling in the aisles. This hyperbolic idiom alludes to a performance that causes an audience to laugh so hard that they might well roll about in the theater's aisles. [First half of 1900s]