[something] is not a joke什么意思?

母语人士的回答
Rebecca
This is not a joke ,是日常会话用语,意思是认真的。要么你说的是实话,要么你不是在开玩笑。在这里,解说员说this isn't a joke, Gwen ,这意味着格温应该停止开玩笑,认真起来。例: This isn't a joke. I'm being serious here. (我不是在开玩笑,我是认真的。) 例如: She wasn't joking. It turned out that her crazy story was completely true. (她不是在开玩笑。她的胡说八道后来证明是完全正确的。)