be no joke

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   to be difficult or unpleasant

   allergies are no joke.

In the movies · 5

• Can you imagine? This really is no joke.The Dawn Wall2017
• allergies are no joke.Spider-Man: Far From Home2019
• Oh, my darling little mammy Down in Alabamy This is no joke. It's a sensation. The public's screaming for more.Singin' in the Rain1952
• It's not a joke. It's not a fucking joke.This Is England2007
• This is a joke right This is a jokeShark Tale2004
• That was a joke.A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote2020
• No, that was a joke.50/502011
• it's a joke!About Time2013

Learn it in full scenes

• The Dawn Wall2017
  • Tommy's Father Toughens Him Up
  • Tommy Caldwell Wins Snowbird
  • Climbers Taken Hostage in Kyrgyzstan

From the same entry

• be beyond a joke
• the joke's on
• make a joke of
• take a joke
• joking apart
• you're joking