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'So you just decided to turn up on the other side of the world where no-one knows you, you don't know anyone, you're broke, you'll write only bestsellers and make it big? Is that what you're telling me?' he asked.
'That's a perfect summary, John!' I said.
He looked down, put his hands over his face, shook his head and, laughing, said, 'Then we'd better have a drink to celebrate!'
He opened a bottle of champagne and before long we were all falling about, laughing at the absurdity of it all.
"falling about" は句動詞でしょう。辞書を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: If you say that people are falling about, you mean that they are laughing a lot about something.: Dan fell about and slapped his thighs.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to laugh without being able to stop: We fell about when we heard her reply.
・Wiktionary: To laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably.: Every time he performed the trick people would fall about laughing.
日本語の「笑い転げる」を思い出せば良さそうだ。
'So you just decided to turn up on the other side of the world where no-one knows you, you don't know anyone, you're broke, you'll write only bestsellers and make it big? Is that what you're telling me?' he asked.
'That's a perfect summary, John!' I said.
He looked down, put his hands over his face, shook his head and, laughing, said, 'Then we'd better have a drink to celebrate!'
He opened a bottle of champagne and before long we were all falling about, laughing at the absurdity of it all.
"falling about" は句動詞でしょう。辞書を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: If you say that people are falling about, you mean that they are laughing a lot about something.: Dan fell about and slapped his thighs.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to laugh without being able to stop: We fell about when we heard her reply.
・Wiktionary: To laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably.: Every time he performed the trick people would fall about laughing.
日本語の「笑い転げる」を思い出せば良さそうだ。
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