split one's sides
Are both correct?

I split my sides with laughter watching you trying to get the parasol

The joke was so funny that I nearly split my sides

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split one's sides
Are both correct?

I split my sides with laughter watching you trying to get the parasol

The joke was so funny that I nearly split my sides

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I never heard the expression 'split my sides'. My idiom book does not have it either.

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They are pretty much the same . The difference is petty. The expression more common is = I cracked up laughing.

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"split ones sides laughing" and "split ones sides" mean the same thing, but most of the time the word 'laughing' will be included.

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both are correct, but the second one is used more often