double up with laughter

double up with laughter

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à ob à K à y à ng, which means laughing too straight. From Strange Tales of a lonely studio Fairy Island.

The origin of Idioms

Pu Songling's strange tales from a lonely studio Fairy Island in the Qing Dynasty: "Fangyun and Shushu are both smiling."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or adverbial; used when laughing.

Examples

Chapter 37 of Wenkang's biography of heroes and heroines in Qing Dynasty: "Jinyu sisters and girls are already laughing, and even their wives and other kind-hearted Taoists can't hold on to laughing."