Several people have lost their jobs recently, so the office isn't exactly a barrel of laughs these days.最近好几个人失业了，所以这些天办公室里欢声笑语都没有了。

“Your boss is quite a kidder.” “Oh yeah, he's a real barrel of laughs.”“你的老板真会开玩笑。”“噢，是的，他确实是个滑稽人物。