if a situation is no joke, it is very serious or very difficult.

There are two of us here, trying to do the work of four people - it's no joke.

• lay bare
• lay bare something
• lay cards on the table
• lay down
• lay down life
• lay down something
• lay down the law
• lay down your life
• lay eyes on
• lay eyes on someone
• lay eyes on something
• lay hands on
• lay hands on something
• lay into
• lay into someone
• lay into something
• lay it on the line
• lay it on thick
• lay low
• lay off
• lay off something
• lay of the land
• lay on
• lay on someone
• lay on the line