split sides

split one's sides (with laughter)

Fig. to laugh so hard that one's sides almost split. (Always an exaggeration.) The members of the audience almost split their sides with laughter. When I heard what happened to Patricia, I almost split my sides.

split your sides (laughing)

to laugh a lot at something We nearly split our sides laughing watching Paul trying to give the rabbit a bath.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Engelbert	ENG-el-bert (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Truman	['tru:mən]
Rodica	ro-DEE-kah	Romanian
Aspling	['æspliŋ]
Garrett	['gærət]
Odd	-	Norwegian