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les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleures

/le plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁi le ply kuʁ.t(ə) sɔ̃ le mɛ.jœʁ/

proverb/le plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁi le ply kuʁ.t(ə) sɔ̃ le mɛ.jœʁ/

your joke was funny at first, but it's getting old; that's enough, you're starting to flog a dead horse now

Literally, “the shortest jokes are the best”, or more loosely translated as “the best jokes are the shortest”.