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
Decebal-Romanian
Ashbee['æʃbi]
EnoshEE-nahsh (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
LakeLAYKEnglish (Rare)
Yakup-Turkish
Charleenshahr-LEEN, chahr-LEENEnglish