Tanit  +  961763 Wed, 04 Nov 09 08:51 PM CalifJim “ Sounds gruesome, though!” Why? Is it only British? laugh your head off (also laugh yourself silly ) informal to laugh a lot, loudly You laughed your head off when I fell! http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=44871&dict=CALD (sorry for the OT) Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,040 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante) Apologies

	CalifJim  +  961780 Wed, 04 Nov 09 09:18 PM Tanit “Why? Is it only British?” Why?  Because, taking the idiom literally, your teacher's head would be missing at the end of the process!  There would be a lot of blood.  So unpleasant, don't you think? Yes, that's an idiom in both American and British English.  (I know exactly what you meant.)  I was just making a joke by taking the idiom literally.    I'm sure you can make the same type of joke in Italian, for example, maybe with "prendere un granchio", if you just think up the right context where it works in a comical way. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,455 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Tanit  +  961781 Wed, 04 Nov 09 09:21 PM Crystal clear, Jim. Thank you very much. Tanit