to leave someone in stitches
- idiom
- Informal
:
dejar a alguien en carcajadas
- The comedian left the audience in stitches with his hilarious routine.
Examples
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We were all left in stitches after hearing about their vacation mishaps.
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Her jokes always leave me in stitches during family gatherings.
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His jokes were so hilarious that they left me in stitches during the entire performance.
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The comedian told a funny story that left the audience in stitches from start to finish.
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When she shared her embarrassing moments, she had everyone in stitches laughing uncontrollably.
Synonyms
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Cause someone to feel amused by saying or doing something funny
To make someone laugh a lot
To make someone laugh or feel amused
Antonyms
How Funny
- Informal
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to make someone laugh a great deal' is not transparently built from 'leave' + 'someone' + 'in' + 'stitch(s)', since 'stitch' is more likely to be understood as a sewing loop or a sharp side pain and offers no clear signal of laughter. The connection (laughing causing a 'stitch' in the side) is idiomatic and culturally specific, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would not reliably predict the idiomatic meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Leave someone in stitches may come from the image of people laughing so hard they bend over and their sides hurt, as if they had sewing 'stitches' in them. That's why it means 'to make someone laugh a great deal'.