all kidding aside

English

Alternative forms

• all jokes aside
• all joking aside
• kidding aside

Pronunciation

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Adverb

all kidding aside

1. (speech act, idiomatic) Used to attempt to make a serious point in a jocular conversation.
   • 1983 April 25, Steve Wozniak, letter to the editor, Infoworld,

     All kidding aside, I doubt we'll ever bomb Japan as long as [the Japanese] make Epson printers.

   • 2002, Anne McCaffrey, The Mark of Merlin:

     "All kidding aside, Carlysle . . ."
     "Carla," I corrected him automatically.
     "I'm too used to thinking of you as 'Carlysle' and male to change both at once . . . All kidding aside, it'd be better for you not to stay on here any longer than the storm."

   • 2009 February 19, Joe Biden, speech, The Good of the Nation,

     Max, just remember, when we call, I call, just say "Yes, Joe," okay? (Laughter.) All kidding aside, thanks for your great help in this, Max.

Synonyms

• (to make a serious point): seriously, but seriously folks

Translations

idiom, speech act

• Afrikaans: alle grappies op 'n stokkie
• Catalan: bromes a part
• Czech: žerty stranou
• Dutch: zonder dollen, alle gekheid op een stokje
• Finnish: leikki sikseen, vakavasti ottaen
• French: blague à part (fr), sérieusement (fr), sans blague (fr)
• German: Spaß beiseite, ohne Scheiß
• Irish: gan aon fhocal magaidh
• Italian: scherzi a parte, a parte gli scherzi
• Polish: bez jaj (pl), bez żartów, żarty na bok (pl), żarty żartami
• Portuguese: falando sério
• Romanian: lăsând glumele la o parte
• Russian: без дурако́в (ru) (bez durakóv), шу́тки в сто́рону (ru) (šútki v stóronu), шутки шутками (šutki šutkami)
• Spanish: bromas aparte, en serio (es), fuera de joda
• Swedish: skämt åsido (sv)
• Welsh: ond o ddifrif