To start an audience laughing or clapping enthusiastically.
Заставить слушателей смеяться или вызвать бурные аплодисменты.
She brought down the house by the performance.
Она покорила весь зал выступлением.
The President made a fine speech which brought down the house.
The principal's story was funny in itself and also touched their loyalties, so it brought down the house.