JLPT N1Four-character idioms
抱腹絶倒
- Meaning
- 腹を抱えて倒れるほど大笑いすること
- Explanation
- "抱腹絶倒" means laughing so hard that one holds one's belly and rolls over. It is used in scenes of laughing uncontrollably because something is extremely funny. c4's "falling down weeping" is wrong because the emotion is reversed, and c2's collapsing from a stomachache is also an error dragged along by the literal characters. Laughter is the core throughout, and it is close to "呵呵大笑", which also means hearty laughter.
Original Japanese explanation
「抱腹絶倒」は、腹を抱え、転げ倒れるほど大笑いすることをいう。非常におかしくて我慢できないほど笑う場面に使う。c4 の「泣き伏す」は感情が逆で誤り、c2 の腹痛で倒れるのも字面に引きずられた誤りである。あくまで笑いが核心で、同じく大笑いの意の「呵呵大笑」と近い語。
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