we laughed so hard we nearly split a gut

  • 1split a gut — 1. tv. to laugh very hard. □ He laughed until he nearly split a gut. □ The audience split a gut laughing. 2. tv. to work very hard. D I split a gut to get this place fixed up in a week. □ Don’t split a gut for me. I love things tha …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 2literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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