| 单词 | to laugh till one cries |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto laugh till (also until) one cries f. to laugh till (also until) one cries: to laugh until tears run down one's face; (hyperbolically) to laugh heartily or uncontrollably. [Compare French rire aux larmes (1671).] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > laugh convulsively or immoderately chuckle1598 to split (also break, burst, etc.) one's sides1598 to die with, or of laughing1609 to hold one's sides1609 to laugh till (also until) one cries1611 split1688 to burst one's sides1712 shake1729 to shake one's sides1736 to laugh oneself sick (also silly)1773 roll1819 to laugh one's head off1871 to break up1895 to fall about1918 pee1946 1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 234 Where each man in, and out of's humor pries Vpon himselfe; and laughs vntill hee cries. 1664 Advice of Father; or, Counsel to Child xvi. 96 I..have seen some laugh till they have cryed; hence I conclude, that mirth in its extream is madness. 1757 ‘L. Lively’ Merry Fellow II. 156 Though the ladies may sometimes laugh till they cry, yet is their beauty always benefited by it. 1780 T. Francklin tr. Lucian Wks. I. 400 Afranius Silo, a centurion, the rival of Pericles, who spoke so fine a declamation upon him as, by heaven, made me laugh till I cried again. 1838 E. Eden Jrnl. 20 Oct. in Up Country (1866) I. xxiii. 252 R. was never seen to laugh till he cried before. 1885 C. G. Leland Brand-new Ballads 62 In the front seat sat the Gallagher, And laughed until he cried. Revenge is sweet! 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xiii. 139 He made us laugh till we cried, and..would tiptoe amongst us and say, ‘It's all very well for you beggars to laugh.’ 1990 She Aug. 74/1 How many times have you laughed until you cried? That's the release mechanism coming into play. 2003 Tampa Bay (Florida) Mag. Jan.–Feb. 31/1 This comedic duo will make their audience laugh till they cry. < as lemmas |
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