get beyond a joke

get/go beyond a joke

if a situation gets beyond a joke, it becomes extremely serious and worrying He's drunk more nights than he's sober these days - this has gone beyond a joke.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aminda	ah-MEEN-dah	Esperanto
Thurayya	-	Arabic
Toni (2)	TON-ee	English
Asta	AHS-tah (Swedish, Norwegian)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Finley	['finli]
LÉO	le-O	French