but seriously folks
Used to redirect attention to immediately preceding a failed attempt at humor.
A nightclub comic who gets off a bad joke, nobody laughs, but he goes right on with: "But, seriously, folks" […].
folks
name 1
Definitions
name
1
A surname.
Collocations
5ADJ.
comfortable, common, good, insane, most, other, right, smart
Most folks think pizza is the best food to share at a party.
VERB + FOLKS
don't, marketing
Marketing folks don't always understand what customers really want.
FOLKS + NOUN
critics, it's, people's, yourselves, youth
A lot of folks critics have complained about the new policy since it was announced last week.
PREP.
from, in, on
I heard about some folks from Texas who started their own barbecue business.
ADV.
quickly
Folks quickly realized that the new restaurant downtown was closing after just three months.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — people in general (often used in the plural)
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
just folks
Ordinary, unpretentious people; an ordinary, unpretentious person.
"You still think they come all boxed, sorted, and labeled, do you?" he said. "And that they aren't ‘just folks’ at all?" "Yes, I still think so. They never seem a bit like ‘folks’
different strokes for different folks
Different people like different things; there's no accounting for taste.
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one / That won't accept the red one, that won't accept the white one / Different strokes for different folks
Example Bank
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Now folks, let's go on.
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Her folks cannot help worrying about her wound.
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Even smart folks become absent-minded at times.
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Is it really wise for marketing folks to satisfy people's desire for instant gratification?
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The following fairy tales retold in English in 1918 were based on Dutch legends and collected in the book, Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks, 1918.
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It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.
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