Jocularity seems to be in the ear of the listener, and what the 18th century found ludicrous was no laughing matter at the end of the 19th.
Despite the term, it is no laughing matter.
It is no laughing matter when men protest that they are being treated unjustly.
To lose one's seat at a time of such expenses is no laughing matter.
This is no laughing matter; it is common sense.
This is no laughing matter but is one of the grave features of our national life.
This is no laughing matter for the people of this country.
I should like to suggest that this is no laughing matter.
