单词 | to lay them in the aisles |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay them in the aisles P3. colloquial (originally U.S.). in the aisles: used in various expressions to suggest a wildly enthusiastic reaction, esp. uncontrollable laughter, on the part of an audience. Esp. in (to have (also send) them) rolling in the aisles, to lay them in the aisles. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [verb (intransitive)] > be great theatrical success (to have (also send) them) rolling in the aisles1922 1917 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 26 Nov. 5/2 So marvelous was the power of God that gray-haired old blasphemers fell on their knees, others rolled in the aisles, and they cried out, ‘Oh, spare us!’] 1922 Munsey's Mag. May 716/2 Sister,..you knocked them kicking! You had them rolling around in the aisles. I was scared some of them people out there was going to laugh themselves to death. 1926 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 21 Dec. 6/4 King and King, soft shoe and tap artists, par excellence, fairly have the audience rolling in the aisles with applause. 1927 Middlesboro (Kentucky) Daily News 12 Apr. 1/4 That first meeting between the old Yanks..probably will leave them bleeding in the aisles. 1928 Le Mars (Iowa) Globe-Post 6 Sept. 5/2 Once in a while D. C. Scott..runs across a picture which, like ‘The Big Parade’ and ‘Ben Hur’, ‘lays 'em in the aisles’. 1940 P. G. Wodehouse Quick Service xii. 136 I made the speech of a lifetime. I had them tearing up the seats and rolling in the aisles. 1943 D. W. Brogan Eng. People vii. 202 This trick had the population, white and coloured, rolling in the aisles. 1959 Sunday Express 11 Oct. 6/5 A book that sends my English friends rolling in the aisles. 1986 J. Boskin Sambo (1988) i. 10 These comic representatives laid them in the aisles, and often came close to toppling Sambo from top billing. 2008 E. C. Kimmel Spin the Bottle xv. 231 Ben Pfeiffer had the audience rolling in the aisles with his thick gangster accent and his tough dumb-guy swagger. < as lemmas |
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