Usually means: Serious situation, not humorous.
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  1. no laughing matter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. no laughing matter: Merriam-Webster
  3. no laughing matter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. no laughing matter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. no laughing matter: Wiktionary
  6. No Laughing Matter (book): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. no laughing matter: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (no laughing matter)

▸ noun:  A serious situation that cannot be dealt with by making jokes about it.

Similar:
nonjoke, unmentionable, noncomedy, non-issue, never event, nonscandal, noli me tangere, unsolvable, none of someone's business, non-nonsense, more...

Opposite:
serious, grave, somber, solemn, significant

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Similar:
nonjoke, unmentionable, noncomedy, non-issue, never event, nonscandal, noli me tangere, unsolvable, none of someone's business, non-nonsense, more...

Opposite:
serious, grave, somber, solemn, significant



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