Apr 2, 2004 15:51
20 yrs ago
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Rolling in the aisles
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The meaning of this phrase in english.
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+12
2 mins
Marian Greenfield
Native in English
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English
Over 30 years in financial translation
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
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something was so funny that people were laughing like crazy...
... we say falling over laughing... rolling in the aisles basically is laughing so hard that (figuratively) they're falling out of their seats, doubled over with laughter
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Hacene
3 mins
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NancyLynn
9 mins
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DGK T-I
12 mins
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Vicky Papaprodromou
15 mins
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jccantrell
30 mins
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Nancy Arrowsmith
: does it have something to do with the Holy Rollers? I'm not sure...
31 mins
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hmmm, you may well be right... I was thinking maybe because it's common to double over laughing (much like doubling over in pain)....
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IrinaGM
45 mins
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Laurel Porter (X)
: you've got it - and no, Nancy, I don't think it's a Holy Roller ref. More like a comedy show in a theater, as Marian indicates. BTW, ever look at yourself laughing? Hard to tell w/o sound if it's hilarity or pain!
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Alfa Trans (X)
2 hrs
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hookmv
1 day 5 hrs
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Jörgen Slet
2 days 5 hrs
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senin
2 days 5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+9
2 mins
laughing very hard
in a theater (said of the audience)
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Note added at 3 mins (2004-04-02 15:55:32 GMT)
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rolling in the aisles: laughing so hard they fall out of their chairs - Robin Williams made us laugh. We were rolling in the aisles.
http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/id508.htm
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Note added at 3 mins (2004-04-02 15:55:32 GMT)
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rolling in the aisles: laughing so hard they fall out of their chairs - Robin Williams made us laugh. We were rolling in the aisles.
http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/id508.htm
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Hacene
3 mins
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Gayle Wallimann
: For Harinder's sake, an aisle is the passage between seats in a theatre.
8 mins
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NancyLynn
9 mins
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DGK T-I
: agree Norbert & Gayle ~
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Vicky Papaprodromou
14 mins
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Laurel Porter (X)
: ooh, a tie, norbert - good point, gayle.
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Krisztina Lelik
4 hrs
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Craft.Content
9 hrs
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Jörgen Slet
2 days 5 hrs
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+1
20 hrs
laughing uncontrollably ( British English)
the expression means that people laugh so much that they fall over. In a public hall, for example, this would lead to people rolling on the floor in the space between the blocks of seats (aisles).
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