Objective Proficiency Unit 20 Expressions about humor

crack someone up : "she was cracking me up" was "she was making me laugh"


to have such a good laugh: an experience we would laugh about later

Taking the piss is a British term meaning to take liberties at the expense of 

others, or to be unreasonable. It is often used to mean (or confused with) taking the ...

if you wind someone up it means that you really annoy them until they crack

dirty joke: an indelicate joke

pulling my leg: Teasing and making fun of someone in a playful manner.

pull the other one: (it's got bells on).British informal used to express a suspicion that 

one is being deceived or teased: Your boat was sunk by a swordfish?

split one's sides (N. Amer. also split a gut)

phrase of split

1. 1.

   informal

   be convulsed with laughter.

   synonyms:

   roar with laughter, laugh, guffaw, roar, laugh loudly, howl with laughter,dissolve into laughter, be creased up, be doubled up;