Split your sides laughing

You have it > to laugh until it hurts.

Hello Feebs11!

Thanks for your reply! Hmm..can I ask another question? Can I use it with myself?
- I am spliting my s

PuccaHello Feebs11!

Thanks for your reply! Hmm..

Thanks for the correction, Feebs!

Okay, I understand it now, I will try to avoid using it in the first person in a present

And e.g. laughter can be "side-splitting", i.e. it causes your sides to split.

(Messy.)

MrP

Hello MrP!

Sides are the things that ache when you have been lauging for a long time, right? Ah, if you "split your sides

Well, I would take "to split your sides laughing" to imply laughter that was long and hearty.

"Sides" are the parts of the body that stretch from the underarm to the hip bone. So if you laugh excessively, there is a danger that the Intercostales externi will no longer be able to retain your inner organs. Your sides will "split", and your dry-cleaning bill will be horrendous.

PuccaP.S: What does Mjuaju wa Ukumbi mean? Hmm..there was another thing written before, but, I forgot it! (Hehe, you don't have to answer if you don't want to)

Thanks for answering, MrP!

What about "To laugh one's head off"? Is it for a long time and hearty aswell?

Hearty?

Yes indeed; "hearty" laughter is vigorous, genuine, and full of feeling; and "to laugh your head off" is also to laugh long and hard.

(I am starting to feel fragile and disinclined even to titter. It seems fraught with risk... )

MrP