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rolling in the aisles
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*rolling in the aisles
Fig. [of an audience] wild with laughter. (*Typically: get them ~; have them ~; leave them ~.) DI have the best jokes you've ever heard. I'll have them rolling in the aisles. What a great performance. We had them rolling in the aisles.
See also: aisle, roll

rolling in the aisles
laughing loudly The group, considered by many to be one of the funniest in Canada, had its audiences rolling in the aisles at last night's concert.
Etymology: based on the idea of uncontrollable laughter causing the people watching a show to fall on the floor in the aisles (the long narrow spaces between rows of seats in a theater)
See also: aisle, roll


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His new social circle will be Paris Fashion Week, during which he'll don his best bib and tucker, get up close and personal with models and magazine editors - and hopefully garner enough material to leave them rolling in the aisles at the end of the week.
 
 
 
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