To have someone in stitches means to cause them to laugh very hard by saying or doing something funny.
It is an expression that is used when someone finds something hilariously funny. It means that someone said or did something funny enough to make your sides split with laughter. Hence why they were in stitches.
laughing uncontrollably
It's not an idiom. The definition of "at stake" is what is being risked in the situation or venture. A stake is a share or ownership in something.
The German word for stitches is "Stiche."
The idiom "shell out" means to pay a sum of money, usually unwillingly or with reluctance. It implies spending money on something, often more than anticipated or desired.
There is no literal idiom -- an idiom is a phrase that seems to mean one thing but actually means something else. The word "literal" means to take the words exactly as they seem to be.An idiom is a phrase particular to a language that is accepted for its figurative meaning, as in "That amazing shot blew me away." Everyone understands that this person means he was amazed. A literal idiom would be the usually humorous thing that happens when you take the idiom for its word for word, not accepted, meaning. That would mean that somehow the amazing shot actually created the air mass necessary to blow this guy away.
It means to be intelligent. The brain is between the ears.
It means when you've just had surgery.
A "stitch" is a sudden sharp pain in your side. You often get them when you're running. However, you can also get them if you laugh really, really hard. Thus, if someone "keeps you in stitches" they keep you laughing so hard that your sides ache.
This is a Southern US saying meaning 'a whole lot of' something.
The doctor will remove my stitches in three more days. That comedian's stories kept us in stitches! The seamstress stitches patches today!
It's not really an idiom. It means "what are you thinking about."
RFP is not an idiom. It's an abbreviation.
It is not an idiom, it means your nose is itching.
Because you need to see how deep the wound is and then suggest which stitch is the best to keep the wound clean. Answer two: I am assuming you mean sewing stitches, not medical stitches. The more choices you are aware of, the more likely you can find the stitch that will best fit your needs. Many of us make designs based on different stitches, and variation is useful for us.
idiom means expression like a page in a book
It's not an idiom. It means the tip of your nostril.
"Sieve" is not an idiom. See the related link.
It probably means you are knit 6 stitches, purl 6 stitches