joking apart/aside
said when you want to start speaking seriously about something after making jokes and laughing about it:
Joking apart, will you be able to manage on your own?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Honesty, openness & sincerity
- (as) man to man idiom
- above board
- artless
- be on the level idiom
- bona fide
- bone
- in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulness idiom
- in good faith idiom
- integrity
- joke
- let's face it idiom 1
- level with sb
- nail
- stainless
- straight arrow idiom
- straight up idiom
- straightforward
- the straight and narrow idiom
- transparent
- truly
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