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单词 tongue in cheek
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tongue in cheek

idiom(alsowithyourtongue inyourcheek)
If you say somethingtongueincheek, youintendit to beunderstoodas ajoke,althoughyou mightappearto beserious:
开玩笑地；说着玩地
He said that he was ahugefanof thepresident,althoughIsuspectit wastongueincheek.他说自己对总统极为仰慕，而我认为他是在开玩笑。
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tongue-in-cheek
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌtʌŋ.ɪnˈtʃiːk/us
/ˌtʌŋ.ɪnˈtʃiːk/
meantto beunderstoodas ajoke,althoughit mightappearto beserious:
开玩笑的；说着玩的
Herlatestplayis afirmlytongue-in-cheeklookat theworldofadvertising.她最新的剧本对广告界大开玩笑。
Synonym
facetiousdisapproving
See also
tonguein cheek
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Humour & humorous
  • amusingly
  • barrel
  • blackly
  • bone dryidiom
  • bring
  • broadness
  • facetious
  • hilarious
  • jocular
  • joker
  • jokester
  • non-serious
  • photobomb
  • photobombing
  • playfully
  • playfulness
  • rib-tickling
  • ridiculous
  • scream
  • uproarious
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(Definition oftongue in cheekfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tongue-in-cheek| American Dictionary

tongue-in-cheek
noun,adjective
us
/ˈtʌŋ·ɪnˈtʃik/
intendedto beunderstoodas ajoke,althoughoftenseemingserious:
He made some tongue-in-cheekcommentabout being verybusycleaninghishouse.
(Definition oftongue-in-cheekfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftongue in cheek

tongue in cheek
Histongue-in-cheekcomparison of the religious life with the life of a fox-hunting man has a certain wry panache.
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The style is breezy, and oftentongue-in-cheek, and deals fairly with controversial issues such as animal rights and bioethics.
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Although his account was unpolished and obviously written in haste, he had atongue-in-cheekwit that is most attractive.
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A seriouslytongue-in-cheekessay on helping learners learn through doubting and challenging, and not through swallowing whole what they are told in the classroom or a book.
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Equally, they were obviouslytongue-in-cheek, which admittedly is a form of humour not always appreciated in other countries.
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There is a good deal oftongue-in-cheekquibbling by some people about it.
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There has been a certaintongue-in-cheekattitude over this matter.
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Atongue-in-cheekaward of parliamentarian of the year was made to the leader of my party, who deserves many awards, but perhaps not that one.
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Although this is perhaps a slightlytongue-in-cheekdebate, it has a serious point.
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That remark is a bittongue-in-cheek, but television's influence on our national game has led to many regrettable situations.
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I hope that it wastongue-in-cheek, but it argued that, if people living in rural areas could not afford the price of petrol, they should move to the cities.
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We did write gore lyrics, but it was more like kind oftongue-in-cheek, horror-movie type level.
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Stylistically, the duo has been described as a big sound in a small package with upbeat tempos andtongue-in-cheeklyrics.
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The columns were also somewhattongue-in-cheek, accompanied also by a cartoon (the cartoonist has also been sentenced to four months in jail).
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Thetongue-in-cheekreferences in this fake biopic were drawn from various sources.
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