Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To laugh uncontrollably, to roll with laughter: "cười bò" describes the action of laughing so hard that one might double over or feel like rolling on the ground. It emphasizes intense, physical laughter.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Câu chuyện của anh ấy hài hước đến nỗi tôi cười bò. (His story was so funny that I was rolling with laughter.)
  • Cả nhóm cười bò khi xem đoạn phim hài đó. (The whole group laughed uncontrollably when watching that comedy clip.)

Advanced Usage

• "cười bò lăn bò càng": an intensified variant meaning to laugh so hard one rolls around; to be in stitches.
  • Nghe xong tình huống ấy, nó cười bò lăn bò càng. (After hearing that situation, he laughed so hard he was rolling around.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cười ngặt nghẽo (verb phrase): to laugh until one is breathless; to be convulsed with laughter.
  • Cô ấy cười ngặt nghẽo trước màn trình diễn. (She was convulsed with laughter at the performance.)
• Cười lăn cười bò (verb phrase): a synonymous, emphatic phrase for laughing hysterically.
  • Bộ phim hài khiến khán giả cười lăn cười bò. (The comedy film had the audience in hysterics.)

Synonyms

• Cười nghiêng ngả (verb phrase): to laugh tilting and swaying; to laugh heartily.
• Cười vỡ bụng (verb phrase): to laugh until one's stomach bursts; a common idiom for laughing very hard.

Related Idioms

• Cười ra nước mắt: to laugh until one cries.
  • Vở hài kịch hay đến mức tôi cười ra nước mắt. (The comedy play was so good I laughed until I cried.)
• Cười như nắc nẻ: to laugh in repeated, uncontrollable bursts.
  • Đứa trẻ cười như nắc nẻ khi chơi đùa. (The child laughed in uncontrollable bursts while playing.)