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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.

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The two bands actually worked together on the soundtrack for a theatrical dance piece called Split Sides, which was performed in New York back in 2003. MUSIC: FROZEN ASSETS; SIGUR ROS FRONTMAN JONSI BIRGISSON ON SUCCESS, ... by The Mirror (London, England) While traveling the world with Cunningham in notable productions such as Split Sides, Bokaer completed a degree in visual and media art at the New School and established his own nonprofit artist-run collective in Brooklyn, N. The anointed one: dance artist Jonah Bokaer is the future of the art ... by McCormick, Brian / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS & SHOWBIZ LIZ PHIL KAY didn't exactly split sides when he appeared at the ABC for his Glasgow Comedy Festival stint on Saturday night. The RAZZ: Comedy fans had their Phil by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			spit up spit-and-sawdust spite splash splash about splash down splash on splash over splash up splash with splatter up splay out splice splice to splice together splinter off split split a gut split between split hairs split in split into split off split people up split second split sides split the difference split up split with splitting headache splurge on spoil spoil rotten spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar spoiled rotten spoiling for a fight spoke spoken spoken for sponge sponge away sponge down sponge from sponge off of sponge up spook spoon spoon out spoon up spoon-feed sport			Split Reservation Upon Collision split ring split ring Split Ring Resonator split rings split rings split rivet Split Rock Creek State Park Split Rock Lighthouse State Park split roof split run split runs split Russell traction Split screen Split screen Split screen (computer graphics) Split Screen Van Club split second split second Split Second Turbo Tuner split seconds Split sequence split shake split shake split shake split shift split shifts Split short exact sequence Split shot split shovel split sides Split Skin Graft split something fifty-fifty Split Spectrum Processing Split Spinal Cord Malformation Split stitch Split stock Split Stocks Split stroke split strokes Split stuff Split stuff Split supercilium Split supercilium Split supercilium Split switch Split Symbol Moments Estimator Split System Breaker Split the Difference split the ticket split the ticket split the ticket split the ticket split the ticket split thickness graft Split Thickness Skin Excision Split Thickness Skin Graft split ticket split tin split tongue split tongue

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