The plane cracked up and killed two of the passengers.
•Whose car cracked up on the expressway?
2. to break out in laughter. •The whole audience cracked up.
•I knew I would crack up during the love scene.
3. Sl. to have a mental or emotional breakdown. •The poor guy cracked up. It was too much for him.
•You would crack up, too, if you had been through all he went through.
4. an accident; a wreck. (Usually crack-up.) •There was a terrible crack-up on the expressway.
•There were four cars in the crack-up.
The plane cracked up and killed two of the passengers.
•Whose car cracked up on the expressway?
2. to break out in laughter. •The whole audience cracked up.
•I knew I would crack up during the love scene.
3. Sl. to have a mental or emotional breakdown. •The poor guy cracked up. It was too much for him.
•You would crack up, too, if you had been through all he went through.
4. an accident; a wreck. (Usually crack-up.) •There was a terrible crack-up on the expressway.
•There were four cars in the crack-up.
we just cracked up - ≅ животики надорвали
pressure of work caused him to crack up - переутомление вызвало у него нервный срыв
he's not so clever as he's cracked up to be - он не так умён, как о нём думают
1. разбиваться (вдребезги); разрушаться, потерпеть аварию
2. слабеть (от старости); поддаваться (возрасту, болезни)
3. разг.
1) лопаться от смеха, смеяться до упаду
we just cracked up - ≅ животики надорвали
2) рассмешить, вызвать неистовый хохот
4. сл. спятить; распсиховаться, психануть
pressure of work caused him to ~ - переутомление вызвало у него нервный срыв
5. обыкн. pass (употр. в отриц. предложениях) сл.
1) считать, полагать
he's not so clever as he's cracked up to be - он не так умён, как о нём думают
2) превозносить