A bit like a pyramid scheme, says one British party strategist, only half-joking.

有点像传销，一个英国战略家玩笑这说道。

Then in 1974, he had everyone laughing with his tongue-in-cheek song making fun of his own life.

1974年，他歌曲中有对他自己生活玩笑式嘲讽，引得所有人怀大笑。

That was a tongue-in-cheek conclusion from a couple of Australian scientists in 2001 who conducted an experiment on farts.

这个玩笑结论出自一对澳洲科学家，他们在2001年做了有关放屁实验。

Please trust that I've done it with my tongue firmly in my cheek.

请相信，我在玩笑地说。

Charlene: I said that tongue in cheek.

查琳：我玩笑地说。

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，带着一种荒诞、玩笑感觉。

Elections also drive moves in emerging markets, which is why Brexit prompted half-joking concerns that Britain had become one.

选举同影响着新兴市场动向，这也为何脱欧引发了玩笑担忧， 认为英国已沦为其中一员。

(Laughter) Of course a lot of this was tongue-in-cheek, but that word feminist is so heavy with baggage, negative baggage.

（笑声）当然，这其中很多都玩笑，但“女权主义者”这个词承载了太多负面包袱。

I say this jokingly but half-jokingly, like if I wanted to spend my reparations on all Gucci, that's my right.

我说这话玩笑，比如如果我想用赔偿金买一身古驰，那我权利。

Unfortunately, like rebellion nowadays has turned into like, at least sometimes I think about it and it's half joke, half serious.

不幸，像现在这种叛逆已经变成了一种，至少有时候我在想这个问题，它玩笑认真。

The tone is tongue-in-cheek: He eats a chicken hatched from a steam-heated egg and donates a pound sterling for the benefit of the poor.

语气玩笑：他吃了一只用蒸汽加热鸡蛋孵化鸡，并捐出一英镑来造福穷人。

But yeah, to the the tongue in cheek democratization point I made earlier, I do think people are caring less as far as prestige and more like outcomes.

不过， 确实如我先前玩笑提到民主化观点，我认为人们现在更关注实际成果， 而非仅仅声望。

I had recently published one on Benjamin Franklin and was writing one about Albert Einstein, and my initial reaction was to wonder, half jokingly, whether he saw himself as the natural successor in that sequence.

我刚刚出版了本杰明·富兰克林传记，正在着手完成阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦传记。因此我最初反应，他不把自己看做这些伟人继承人了，当然这玩笑。

Today, unless it is really serious or whatever, and I'm saying this half-joking, but if someone calls me up and goes, oh, this crazy thing happened at midnight, can I talk about it?

如今，除非事情真很严重， 或者诸如此类，我这么说玩笑， 但如果有人打电话给我，说，哦，午夜时分发生了这件疯狂事，我能谈谈吗？

Tongue-in-cheek comments are often used in critiques. They tell something truthful, but in a light-hearted, funny way. You can sometimes get away with a lot by using tongue-in-cheek humor because the truth in it can sometimes be hard to recognize.

玩笑言论经常被用在评论中。他们讲一些真实事情，但以一种轻松、有趣方式。你有时可以用一些玩笑幽默来逃避麻烦，因为其中实情有时很难分辨。

Of all people, David Brooks wrote a fairly withering review titled Amy Chua is a Wimp, where he basically made this tongue-in-cheek argument that tiger parenting makes kids weak, not strong, because it doesn't prepare them to navigate social dynamics, right?

在众多评论者中， 戴维·布鲁克斯撰写了一篇颇为尖锐评论， 标题为《蔡美儿个懦夫》。他以一种玩笑口吻提出， 虎妈式教育实际上让孩子们变得脆弱而非坚强，因为它没有教会他们如何应对社交动态，对吧？ 这似乎对一位亚裔女性声称自己比白人更优秀回应。