kidding

Idioms and Phrases

see all joking (kidding) aside ; no kidding .

Example Sentences

“You must be kidding with that question,” says McCartney, when a reporter asks about their place in “Western culture.”

From Los Angeles Times

I’m like, “Are you kidding me? You’ve been holding out on me!”

From Los Angeles Times

But she insists: “we’ve got to stop kidding ourselves and pretending abuse doesn’t happen.”

From BBC

I’ll go in the bedroom and get in my bed — I’m not kidding, it could be 2 in the afternoon — and I watch trash TV for two hours.

From Los Angeles Times

The “Megalopolis” and “Despicable Me 4” star said she waited for Musk to say he was just kidding, but he did not.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• banter
• farce
• fun
• gag
• joke
• playfulness
• whimsy
• wisecrack
• wit