keep in stitches



keep someone in stitches

Fig. to cause someone to laugh loud and hard, for a period of time. The comedian kept us in stitches for nearly an hour. The teacher kept the class in stitches, but the students didn't learn anything.
See also: keep, stitch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Miraj-Arabic
ManfriedMAHN-freetGerman
Marinamah-REE-nah (Italian, Spanish, German, Russian), mə-REEN-ə (English)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Greek, Russian, Uk
Banach['ba:na:h]
Eloi-French, Catalan
Salima-Arabic