Emotions & feelings

be in fits

laugh uncontrollably

If you are in fits, you are laughing very hard and find it difficult to stop.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

What was the comedy show like?

We were in fits by the end.

Play the conversation

I was in fits when he told us what happened at work.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I was on fits when he told us what happened.

Say: I was in fits when he told us what happened.

The laughter expression is “be in fits”; do not replace “in” with “on.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be in fits; be in fits of laughter

Your turn: say it out loud

I was in fits when he told us what happened at work.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

be in fits

laugh uncontrollably

“I was in fits when he told us what happened at work.”

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