no laughing matter
noun
: a serious and important thing that people should not joke about
It's no laughing matter when you lose your job.
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While the cartoon may elicit a chuckle, double talk is no laughing matter.
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Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Reactions to Joker: Folie à Deux's opening weekend are no laughing matter.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
There’s so much to fear and fear is no laughing matter.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
Conan O’Brien once considered his ex Lisa Kudrow’s high praise for her Friends costar Matthew Perry to be no laughing matter.
—EW.com, 23 July 2024
That scene might sound funny, but for lizards in the wild, ending up on their backs is no laughing matter.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Seeing movies like these receive respect and attention is no laughing matter.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
On the surface, The Lady of Silence is no laughing matter.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
But artificial-intelligence experts say its implications are no laughing matter.
—Ashley Wong, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023
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Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Reactions to Joker: Folie à Deux's opening weekend are no laughing matter.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
There’s so much to fear and fear is no laughing matter.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
Conan O’Brien once considered his ex Lisa Kudrow’s high praise for her Friends costar Matthew Perry to be no laughing matter.
—EW.com, 23 July 2024
That scene might sound funny, but for lizards in the wild, ending up on their backs is no laughing matter.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Seeing movies like these receive respect and attention is no laughing matter.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
On the surface, The Lady of Silence is no laughing matter.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
But artificial-intelligence experts say its implications are no laughing matter.
—Ashley Wong, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023
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“No laughing matter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20laughing%20matter. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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