Tongue in cheek means that something is not serious.

Tongue in cheek 意思是某事不是认真。

Tongue in cheek? Perhaps. Yet, for all his playfulness, Mr Tesson is in earnest.

华而不实？或许吧。但在他所有嬉言之下却有颗虔诚心。

Just tongue in cheek. It's not that serious.

信口拈来 没什么特别意思。

And tongue in cheek, but always just in the sort of most loose and cool like sort of smart, classy way.

同时，总是以种最轻松、最酷方式，种聪明、优雅方式来表达出自己设。

Did you say " Tongue in cheek" ?

你是说“玩笑” 吗？

But I mean, that was, there's a tongue in cheek for sure.

但我意思是，那确实带点儿调侃意味。

I'm always sort of thinking a little bit tongue in cheek on Twitter.

我总是在 Twitter 上玩笑地思考。

But I meant it as kind of a tongue in cheek.

但我意思是有点玩笑。

So it's kind of a tongue in cheek opening.

所以这是个略带讽刺意味白。

There's always like a sense of irony, kind of a tongue in cheek sort of approach to a lot of what I do.

我做很多事情都充满了讽刺意味，带种荒诞、半玩笑感觉。

They love to boast, though often with tongue in cheek.

他们喜欢自吹自擂，虽然往往言不由衷。

Again they're being a little tongue in cheek and a little funny here.

他们又在玩笑, 有点滑稽。

But normally, the people that write these kinds of things are, you know, tongue in cheek somewhat.

但通常，撰写这类内容人，你知道，多少带点儿调侃意味。

Charlene: I said that tongue in cheek.

查琳：我是半玩笑地说。

So like, you know, you're, you're, you're doing a little tongue in cheek there, but that is serious.

所以，你知道，你是在玩笑，但那确实是认真。

And this is, I say this a bit tongue in cheek, but it's sort of a real example.

而这，我稍微带点幽默地说，其实是个真实例子。

In a sort of tongue in cheek way or not like a sort of just genuinely or genuinely forward?

以种玩笑方式还是真就是真心或直接？

" She made a tongue in cheek comment about wanting to go swimming" – she wasn't serious, she was joking.

“她半玩笑地说想去做游泳”——她不是认真，她是在玩笑。

So, someone says to you, " He said it tongue in cheek" , they're saying don't worry, he was just joking.

所以，有人对你说， “他玩笑说” ，他们说别担心，他只是在玩笑。

Yet if this book was slightly tongue in cheek, it was still haunted by Orwell's pet themes of poverty and the dehumanising power of social systems.

然而，即使这本书略带讽刺，它仍然被奥威尔所钟爱贫困和社会制度非人性化力量主题所困扰。