is beneath contempt
It's not worth laughing at. Metaphors are worthless. It also means to scorn and sneer at something or behavior.
Idiom explanation
It's not worth a smile. Metaphors are worthless. It also means to scorn and sneer at something or behavior. It's not worth the same thing.
Idioms and allusions
[source]: in Wang Tao's on the strength of laughter in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "it's not worth laughing that people fight wildly, because the creation is subjective." Another anonymous letter was received, about several of which were absurd and not worth laughing at. The 21st chapter of popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan
Discrimination of words
Synonym: not worth the same thing usage: used as predicate and attribute; used to ridicule and scorn things
is beneath contempt
an official who doesn 't expect to remain long in office - wǔ rì jīng zhào
spring returns to the good earth - chūn huí dà dì
What you say but what you don't do - yǒu kǒu wú xíng