roll in the aisles

present singular third person rolls in the aisles · participle present rolling in the aisles · participle past rolled in the aisles · past rolled in the aisles · alternative roll in the aisle

1. idiomaticTo laugh uproariously.

   Theatregoers may not roll in the aisles when lanky Ray Bolger impersonates a window dresser retiring for the night. . . . But plenty of people will be amused by Cartoonist Robert Wildhack.

   1934 September 10, “Theatre: New Play in Manhattan”, in Time

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   A comedy that this site has been championing since we first got a whiff of it earlier in the year, the film is every bit as politically incorrect as we'd been led to believe, and has many members of the raucous Scottish audience rolling in the aisles.

   2005 August 23, “Film: Edinburgh - Day Three”, in Time Out New York, retrieved 21 Jan 2010

   Synonyms: ROFL, die laughing, laugh one's head off, split one's sides