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die laughing
1. To die happy. You're always so cheerful that I wouldn't be surprised if you died laughing. If I could die peacefully in my bed at a ripe old age, yeah, I'd die laughing She died in the arms of her beloved, so I'd like to think she 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. Before his death, it seems my enemy cleaned out my bank accounts. Guess he was determined to die laughing. You never treated him well, so why are you surprised he died laughing by leaving you nothing?
3. To laugh very hard and for a long time. We all died laughing when we saw Dave's Halloween costume. No, you've gotta get Jake to retell the story. He does all these different voices, you'll die laughing. It doesn't take much to entertain a baby. Peekaboo will get them to die laughing.
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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 Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (as) straight as a die
- (one) would die if (something happened)
- (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
- cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye
- curl up
- curl up and die
- die
- die a death
- die a natural death
- die a slow death
- die a thousand deaths
- 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 inches
- 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 (one)
- die on (something's) feet
- die on someone
- die on the vine
- die on this hill
- die on your feet
- die out
- die the way (one) lived
- 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
- I thought I'd died and gone to heaven
- It smells like someone/somebody died in (some place)!
- it's to die
- it's to die for
- just curl up and die
- kick up bobsy-die
- lay down and die
- lie down and die
- live by the sword, die by the sword
- live free or die
- 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
- see Naples and die
- Somebody died in here!
- straight as a die
- the die has been cast
- the die is cast
- the good die young
- 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
- today is a good day to die
- 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 (the) boss?
- Who died and made you (the) king/queen?
- Who died and made you God?
- 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