no laughing aside

[Laurence Horn]

Many relevant hits for "no kidding aside" with the same meaning (even after eliminating the false positives for "No, kidding aside,…" and such).

LH

On Aug 23, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> That's what the host of Lifetime's _The Balancing Act_ says when she means
> "All kidding aside."
>
> It obviously "makes sense" if you don't know what "aside" means.
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> JL
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