Stop always changing the subject whenever I ask you a serious question.
The politician blathered on without answering a single serious question from reporters.
Even men should consider this a serious question, too.
There's a serious question of democracy that has opened up here.
Her actions prompted a serious question of ethics that could not be ignored.
Ses actions ont soulevé une grave question d'éthique qu'on ne pouvait ignorer.
No definitive reply can be given here to this serious question.
Nous ne saurions apporter ici une réponse définitive à cette grave question.
Don't answer the teacher like a clown; she asked you a serious question.
Ne réponds pas au prof comme un clown, elle t'a posé une question sérieuse.
He answered his tired teacher's serious question in a casually dismissive way.
Il répondit de manière désinvolte à la question sérieuse de son professeur fatigué.
He answered the journalist with a joke, turning the serious question into something funny.
Il a répondu drôlement au journaliste, en transformant la question sérieuse en plaisanterie.
When I asked a serious question, he just gave me a tired shrug in response.
À ma question sérieuse, il a simplement répondu par un haussement d'épaules lassé.
A snorting chuckle escaped him as he brushed off the serious question.
Un ricanement sarcastique lui a échappé alors qu'il écartait la question sérieuse.
Her laughter was interrupted by the abruptness of his serious question.
Son rire a été interrompu par la brusquerie de sa question sérieuse.
I'm asking you a serious question, that's all.
Mais je te posais une question sérieuse, c'est vrai.