with tongue in cheek

基本解釋

The last statement was delivered with tongue in cheek.
最後一句是半開玩笑的。
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When he said he had made a fortune he was speaking with tongue in cheek.
儅他說他賺了一筆錢時(shí)，是不可信的。
Now, some who wrote about lesbians being "better" parents did so with tongue in cheek (including Change.org's
現(xiàn)在，有些人寫文章，帶有諷刺意味地說女同志是“更好的”父母。

Certainly that rhetorical question is asked with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
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