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no laughing matter
no laughing matterA very serious topic or situation; something that should not be treated lightly or as funny in any way. Boys, this is no laughing matter. One of you could have been seriously hurt. Termites are no laughing matter. They've been known to destroy entire homes.See also: laugh, matter, nono laughing mattera 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, nolaughing mattersee under no joke. See also: laugh, matterno laughing matter If you say that something is no laughing matter, you mean that it is very serious and not something that you should laugh or joke about. Their behaviour is an offence. It's no laughing matter.See also: laugh, matter, nono laughing matter something serious that should not be joked about.See also: laugh, matter, nono laughing ˈmatter something which is too serious to joke about: Trying to find a place to live at the moment is no laughing matter.See also: laugh, matter, nono laughing matterA serious issue. This term, which is always put in this negative way—one never hears of something that is a laughing matter—dates from the sixteenth century. Playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan is quoted as having said (1793), “A joke in your mouth is no laughing matter.”See also: laugh, matter, no |