腹はらの皮かわがよじれる

expression, ichidan verb

to convulse with laughter; to split one's sides laughing

Idiomatic expression describing uncontrollable laughter so intense that one's stomach muscles twist. Often used in the form 腹の皮がよじれるほど笑う.

• 彼かれの冗じょう談だんに腹はらの皮かわがよじれるほど笑わらった。

  I laughed so hard at his joke that my sides split.

• あの漫まん才ざいは腹はらの皮かわがよじれるくらい面おも白しろかった。

  That comedy duo was so funny I nearly convulsed with laughter.