in hysterics
Laughing or celebrating very hard and unable to stopLaughing or celebrating very hard and unable to stop.
» He was in hysterics.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(informal)Laughing or celebrating very hard and unable to stop.
Examples
2 sentencesHe was in hysterics.
It is, therefore, almost exclusively seen in hysterics, neurotics and other types of psychopaths, in the frankly insane, and in grave delinquents.
deEs findet sich deshalb fast ausschließlich bei Hysterikern, Neurotikern und Psychopathen anderer Art, bei schlechthin Wahnsinnigen und bei Schwerverbrechern. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR