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
Helmine-German
Ella (2)EL-ə (English), EL-lah (Finnish)English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Heard-Anglo-Saxon
ČEdomirCHE-do-meer (Croatian)Serbian, Croatian
PearliePURL-eeEnglish
Barend-Dutch