be no laughing matter

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if a subject is no laughing matter, it is serious and not something that people should make jokes about Haemorrhoids are all very funny when other people have them, but if you get them yourself, it's no laughing matter.

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What may appear to be a juvenile jape or a bit of fun would be no laughing matter if the caller themselves genuinely required police, ambulance or fire assistance. It's just not funny; COMMENT by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Jewell's boys face Michael Owen and Newcastle today - and it's bound to be no laughing matter for Graeme Souness. Football: Have you heard the one about.. SCOUSE WIT PAUL JEWELL ... by The Mirror (London, England)			be lost for words be made for be main squeeze be man enough be meat and drink to be miles away be minting it be money for old rope be more fun than a barrel of monkeys be much cop be much of a muchness be much to look at be music to ears Be my guest be near the knuckle be neither fish nor fowl be neither one thing nor the other be new to the game be nip and tuck be no ball of fire be no bed of roses be no fool be no good to man or beast be no great shakes be no joke be no laughing matter be no match for be no oil painting be no picnic be no spring chicken be none the wiser be nothing much to write home about be nothing short of [astonishing etc.] be nothing to shout about be of a piece be of like mind be of own making be of the essence be off base be off beam be off chump be off nut be off rocker be off the beaten track be off the blocks be off the hook be off the mark be off the wall be off trolley be off-colour be on a collision course			Be My Wife Be My Witness Be My Woman be near be near the bone be near the knuckle be near the mark be needy be neither fish nor fowl be neither one thing nor the other be nervous be new to the game Be Nice Be Nice Day Be Nice Or Leave Be Nice to Me be nip and tuck be no ball of fire be no bed of roses be no fool be no fool be no fool be no fool be no good be no good be no good be no good to man or beast be no great shakes be no joke be no laughing matter be no match for be no more be no oil painting be no picnic be no spring chicken be no use to man or beast be nobody's fool be nobody's fool be nobody's fool be nobody's fool be noisy be none the wiser be not about be not having any be not having any of it be not supposed be not supposed be nothing much to write home about be nothing short of [astonishing etc.] be nothing to shout about be nowhere be null and void BE number be nurtured be nuts about be nuts on be obedient be obligated

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