What it means
To fall about means to laugh so hard you basically fold up and lose control of your limbs for a minute. It’s very British and usually paints that full-body, can’t-breathe, nearly-on-the-floor kind of laughing. Most often you’ll hear it in fall about laughing.
Usage examples
"He tried to flip the burger and launched it into Auntie Pat’s Prosecco. We were falling about laughing while he stood there like a melted traffic cone"
"We fell about laughing when the cat knocked the whole cake off the counter."
"His impression of the teacher had the whole class falling about."
"When Darren slipped on his own big entrance and still tried to play it cool, we were falling about at the back of the pub."
"Mum was falling about laughing at that dog in little wellies and now she's made me watch the video six times."
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