(all) joking aside
(all) joking aside and (all) kidding aside
being serious for a moment; in all seriousness.
I know I laugh at him but, joking aside, he's a very clever scientist.
I know I threatened to leave and go round the world, but, joking aside, I do need a vacation.
热门单词
- above one's bend
- act full of oneself
- admire
- a hidden agenda
- a hotbed of sth
- a household word
- air sth out
- all better (now)
- all hours (of the day and night)
- all night long
- all things being equal
- a lot of
- a mean streak
- a meeting of the minds
- an elegant sufficiency
- a nice break
- an itch for sth
- an itching palm
- annex
- announce sth to so
- anon
