no laughing matter



no laughing matter

a serious issue or problem. Be serious. This is no laughing matter. This disease is no laughing matter. It's quite deadly if not treated immediately.
See also: laugh, matter

no laughing matter

something serious that people should not make jokes about A wound on your foot is no laughing matter when you're a diabetic. Related vocabulary: no joke
See also: laugh, matter

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eugeniae-oo-KHE-nyah (Spanish), e-uw-GEN-yah (Polish), yoo-JEE-nee-ə (English), yoo-JEEN-yə (English)Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
LÁSzlÓLAHS-loHungarian
Marcelmar-SEL (French), MAHR-tsel (Polish), MAHR-sel (Dutch, German)French, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German
Casey['keisi]
Widukind-Ancient Germanic
Teofilo-Italian