Ah, but this was not a joke—this was going beyond fun.

哎呀，这可不是玩笑了——这已经超出开玩笑的范围了。

youdao

Sina Weibo is not a joke.

新浪微博可不是闹着玩的。

youdao

It's not a joke.

这可不是开玩笑。

youdao

But it was not a joke. NASA found seven normal, everyday supermen in a group of five hundred candidates.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

That seems like a bad joke,but if the body theory is right, it's not a joke at all.

又是一个冷笑话，但如果肉体主义者是对的，这就不是开玩笑了。

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Unfortunately, it didn't work very well because people started bickering in his town and the New Harmony became kind of a joke-- it was not a harmonious community.

但不幸的是，这座村落发展得并不顺利,矛盾争执丛生,新和谐村成了笑谈-,因为已经无谓和谐了。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It will do something about carbon in our atmosphere -- and that is not a joke.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Miami, FL

Although it's not a joke, it's more of a - here's what I'm going to do, Neal.

NPR: Help 'Ask Amy' Write A Commencement Speech

"This is all in good fun, but it's not a joke, " says Mr. Olsen, a lawyer in Tahoe City, Calif.

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