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без ДУРАКОВ highly coll PrepP Invar sent adv or indep. sent) earnestly, seriously, without exaggerating or lying

no kidding (joking)

all kidding (joking) aside.

«Тост, конечно, за хозяйку, за ей гостеприимный дом, за е€ сердце, сказал я, вобравшее в себя ум всех этих книг и нежность всех этих ковров. Без дураков, здорово сказал...» (Искандер 2). "Of course the toast is to our hostess, for the hospitality of her house, for her heart, I say, which has absorbed the wisdom of all these books and the soft tenderness of all these carpets. No kidding, it was a great toast..." (2a).