it's a joke, Joyce

Definitions

That was a joke, so don't take it seriously.

Australia, informal

Examples

“Scientists are an amusing lot, often with a Monty Python sense⟳ of fun. When they say⟳ elementary particles such as quarks have⟳ charm and strangeness, it's a joke, Joyce.”

“This book, like⟳ so many of mine, is an account of a journey I made to what I've rather cheekily called the Far East. Some people's eyebrows were raised at the expression, thinking it suggested that here in the UK we're still at the centre of the world […] But as my Australian fiancée, Sarah, might say⟳, 'It's a joke, Joyce.'”

“She doesn't laugh⟳. She looks at me quiet and solemn. So I tell⟳ her to laugh⟳. About my conspiracy theories she just lapped up. 'It's a joke, Joyce.' She shakes her head. 'My name's not Joyce.'”

CEFR level