it isn't funny

it isn't funny

1. I'm being serious; don't treat this like a joke. It isn't funny, Dave. You could have gotten hurt, do you understand?
2. Stop laughing at me; the situation is not humorous for me. Hey, it isn't funny, guys! How would you like having to go around school all day with a big rip in the seat of your pants?
3. Used at the end of a statement to indicate the extreme degree to which something is true. Just a few years back we were struggling to make ends meet. Now we've got so much work it isn't funny! Wow, Lauren's new boyfriend is so hot it isn't even funny!
See also: funny
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • it's not funny
  • sleeve
  • be laughing (one's) head off
  • be laughing your head off
  • be laughing up (one's) sleeve
  • be laughing up your sleeve
  • laughing in the aisles
  • bust out laughing
  • rolling on the floor laughing