no joke

“And guess what, and by the way, the fact of the matter is, no joke, I’m being serious, right now,” said Carvey as Biden, and it was perfect.

Perhaps because it was no joke at all, and he meant that literally.

“Hard Miles” is set in Grand Canyon Village, 6,000-something feet above sea level, and these roads are no joke.

No joke — a commercial describes her as such, which isn’t that far off from how the book portrays other female characters.

“A $73-billion deficit is no joke,” Gallagher said.