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die laughing

1. Lit. to meet one's death laughing-in good spirits, revenge, or irony. Sally is such an optimist that she'll probably die laughing. Bob tried to poison his rich aunt, who then died laughing because she had taken Bob out of her will.

2. Fig. to laugh very long and hard. The joke was so funny that I almost died laughing. The play was meant to be funny, but the audience didn't exactly die laughing.

See also: die, laugh

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Producers of the new film are playing down the claims of a Scots Freddy but fans online are worried giving the monster a tartan makeover will make them die laughing. It's neddy Krueger; Elm Street slasher threatens to return as ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) And the doughnut sequence will have filmgoers attending packed Saturday night houses the opportunity to literally die laughing. Die laughing at doughnut; SEX DRIVE (15) VERDICT: *** by Birmingham Mail (England) It's better to die laughing than to die altogether," said Lebanese comedian Andre Jadaa, who with partner Pierre Shammassian and their troupe of singers has performed musical theatrical shows for many years. TV satire lets Lebanese vent political frustrations by AFP / AFP Global Edition			did did everything he could 'cept eat us diddle diddle out of diddle with diddly-squat didn't didn't care a whit didn't care too hard didn't exchange more than three words with didn't invent gunpowder die die a death die a natural death die away die back die behind the wheel die by die by own hand die down die for die hard die in die in boots die is cast die laughing die of die of a broken heart die of boredom die of curiosity die of throat trouble die off die on die out die with boots on differ differ about differ from differ in difference difference of opinion different different as night and day different strokes Different strokes for different folks differentiate differentiate between differentiate from difficult difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer diffuse through			Die Hobby Zocker Die Hoffnung Die Hoffnung die holder Die Horden Des Unterreichs die horribly Die in Die in A Car Fire Die in A Fire Die in A Grease Fire die in boots Die in Place Die in Real Life die insert die is cast Die Jungen Die Kacke Kommt Immer Spontan Die KarstadtQuelle Versicherungen Die Kelders Cave 1 Die Kinder Vom Bahnhof Soho Die Kleinste Lanparty Frankens Die Kreuzritter Allianz Die Krieger Der Unendlichen Finsternis Die Krieger Des Lichts die laughing die like flies die like flies die like flies die like flies die line die lines die lubricant die match Die Neue Sachlichkeit Die Nibelungenlied Die Nibelungenlied Die Nicht Mehr Wollten die nipple die of die of a broken heart die of boredom die of curiosity die of throat trouble die off die off die off die off die off Die Öffentliche Verwaltung Die Offizierschule der Luftwaffe die on die on feet die on feet die on feet die on feet

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