без ДУРАКОВ highly collPrepPInvarsent 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).