tongue-in-cheek
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌtongue-in-ˈcheek adjective JOKING/NOT SERIOUSa tongue-in-cheek remark is said as a joke, not seriously 〔讲话、评论等〕开玩笑的，不可当真的 I love that kind of tongue-in-cheek wit. 我喜欢那种玩笑式的风趣。 —tongue-in-cheek adverb I think he was talking tongue-in-cheek. 我想他是在说玩笑话。
Examples from the Corpus
tongue-in-cheek• The way I use them is slightly tongue-in-cheek.• It is the trick of the big-stage musical number but applied to circus with finesse and much tongue-in-cheek humour.• Kate's tongue-in-cheek interview was given half a page, and the Globe immediately asked her for more articles.• This is not a merely tongue-in-cheek reaction to such arguments as that of Meillassoux.• a tongue-in-cheek rock videoˌtongue-in-ˈcheek adjectiveChineseSyllable
remark a joke, said Corpus is a tongue-in-cheek as
tongue-in-cheek
ˌtongue-in-ˈcheek
adjective
a tongue-in-cheek remark is said as a joke, not seriously:
I love that kind of tongue-in-cheek wit.
—tongue-in-cheek adverb:
I think he was talking tongue-in-cheek.
ˌtongue-in-ˈcheek
adjectivea tongue-in-cheek remark is said as a joke, not seriously:
—tongue-in-cheek adverb: