курам на смех

More from "Russian idioms"

• в печёнках (сидеть)

  to annoy, to pester, to bore, to bother

• на всю катушку

  very loud, to the fullest, at a full scale

• анекдот с бородой

  anecdote with a beard, i.e. a very old anecdote

• всеми фибрами души

  (lit: with all fibers of soul) very much

• в час по чайной ложке

  (lit. - a teaspoon per hour) describes something that is very slow

• не все дома

  not all there, a bit off, nutty, crazy (lit. not everybody is at home)

• ни пуха, ни пера

  (lit. neither fluff nor feather) a wish of good luck to someone that's supposed to be answered with "к чёрту!" (lit. - to the devil)

• набить оскомину

  to cause an unfavorable reaction (by being or having been overused, often repeated, boring etc); ~ to make one's mouth sore, to set one's teeth on edge

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