he gave a side-splitting account of the evening - когда он рассказывал об этом вечере, все покатывались со смеху
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
side-splitting — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ extremely amusing … English terms dictionary
side-splitting — adj hilarious, funny, amusing, comical, humorous, farcical, laughable, riotous, uproarious COLLOQ. hysterical, killing, a scream ≠ serious, grave * * * ▶ adjective (informal). See funny sense 1. * * * sideˈ splitting adjective Extr … Useful english dictionary
side-splitting — ADJ Something that is side splitting is very funny and makes you laugh a lot. [INFORMAL] ...a side splitting joke … English dictionary
side-splitting — /ˈsaɪd splɪtɪŋ/ (say suyd spliting) adjective convulsively uproarious: side splitting farce. –side splittingly, adverb …
side-splitting — split (your) sides (laughing) to laugh a lot at something. He was a great comic who could give side splitting imitations of famous people. (always before noun) … New idioms dictionary
side-splitting — adjective informal extremely amusing. Derivatives side splittingly adverb … English new terms dictionary
side-splitting — adjective Causing much merriment, making one laugh a lot, very funny. Syn: hilarious … Wiktionary
side — n. & v. n. 1 a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has six sides; this side up). b a more or less vertical inner or outer plane or surface (the side of a house; a mountainside). c such a vertical lateral surface or… … Useful english dictionary
side — {{11}}side (n.) O.E. side flanks of a person, the long part or aspect of anything, from P.Gmc. *sithon (Cf. O.S. sida, O.N. siða, M.Du. side, O.H.G. sita, Ger. Seite), from adjective *sithas long (Cf. O.E. sid long, broad, spacious, O.N. siðr … Etymology dictionary
Splitting maul — Woodsplitting maul Other names Wood maul Wood mall Block Buster (Typically used throughout Australia and New Zealand) Classification Hand tool Related Sledge hammer … Wikipedia
Splitting (psychology) — Splitting can be explained as thinking purely in extremes, e.g. good versus bad, powerful versus defenseless and so on. A two year old child cannot see a person who does something unpleasant to the child (e.g. not feeding him when he is hungry),… … Wikipedia
