надрывать животы

• НАДРЫВАТЬ/НАДОРВАТЬ ЖИВОТИКИ <ЖИВОТ, ЖИВОТЫ, КИШКИ> (со смеху, от хохота и т. п.) substand

[VP; subj: human; often pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing надорвёшь]

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⇒ to laugh very hard, to the point of exhaustion:

- X-ы животики надорвали{{}}≈ Xs were in stitches;

- Xs (nearly <almost>) split (burst) their sides laughing;

- Xs (nearly) busted a gut laughing;

- Xs (nearly) died laughing.

     ♦ "...Бывало, по целым часам [от Печорина] слова не добьешься, зато уж иногда как начнет рассказывать, так животики надорвешь со смеха" (Лермонтов 1). "...Sometimes you couldn't get a word out of him [Pechorin] for hours on end, but when he occasionally did start telling stories you'd split your sides laughing" (1b).

     ♦ "Крепкоголовые" хихикали и надрывали животики, видя, как крикливый господин... вдруг прикусывал язычок... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). The "die-hards" first sniggered and then nearly burst their sides laughing as they watched the clamourous gentleman...suddenly biting his tongue .. (2a).