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]
See also: aisle, roll

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mahomet-Arabic (Anglicized)
Ayo-Western African, Yoruba
Talfryn-Welsh
Ronaldarah-NAWL-daScottish
Rubinho-Portuguese
MennoME-no (German)Dutch, German