- go beyond a joke
- get/go beyond a joke
if a situation gets beyond a joke, it becomes extremely serious and worrying.
He's drunk more nights than he's sober these days - this has gone beyond a joke.
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go beyond a joke
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get beyond a joke — go/get/beyond a joke phrase if a situation goes beyond a joke, it becomes annoying or makes you feel worried I’m a patient person, but this is getting beyond a joke. Thesaurus: to make someone worried or nervoussynonym Main entry: joke … Useful english dictionary
go beyond a joke — go/get/beyond a joke phrase if a situation goes beyond a joke, it becomes annoying or makes you feel worried I’m a patient person, but this is getting beyond a joke. Thesaurus: to make someone worried or nervoussynonym Main entry: joke … Useful english dictionary
get beyond a joke — get/go beyond a joke if a situation gets beyond a joke, it becomes extremely serious and worrying. He s drunk more nights than he s sober these days this has gone beyond a joke … New idioms dictionary
be beyond a joke — be/get beyond a ˈjoke idiom to become annoying and no longer acceptable • His teasing is getting beyond a joke. Main entry: ↑jokeidiom … Useful english dictionary
be beyond a joke — informal be serious or worrying. → joke … English new terms dictionary
joke — joke1 W3S2 [dʒəuk US dʒouk] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: jocus] 1.) something that you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story or trick ▪ Do you know any good jokes? joke about ▪ a joke about absent minded professors ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
joke — 1 noun (C) 1 STH FUNNY something that you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story or trick: Do you know any good jokes? | Don t get mad it was only a joke! | crack/make a joke (=say something funny) | tell a joke (=tell a short… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
joke */*/ — I UK [dʒəʊk] / US [dʒoʊk] noun [countable] Word forms joke : singular joke plural jokes 1) a) something you say or do that is intended to make people laugh Is this some kind of stupid joke? Greg sprayed her with water as a joke. make/crack a joke … English dictionary
joke — [[t]ʤo͟ʊk[/t]] ♦♦♦ jokes, joking, joked 1) N COUNT: oft N about n A joke is something that is said or done to make you laugh, for example a funny story. He debated whether to make a joke about shooting rabbits, but decided against it... No one… … English dictionary
