Tongue in cheek means that something is not serious.

Tongue in cheek 思是某事不是认。

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着一颗虔诚心。

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

信口拈来 没什么特别思。

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

同时，总是以一种最轻松、最酷方式，一种聪明、优雅方式来表达出自己设。

Did you say " Tongue in cheek" ?

你是说“开玩笑” 吗？

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

但我思是，那确实点儿调侃。

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

我总是在 Twitter 上开玩笑地思考。

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

但我思是有点开玩笑。

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

所以这是一个略讽刺开场白。

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，着一种荒诞、半开玩笑感觉。

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.

他们又在开玩笑, 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，多少点儿调侃。

Charlene: I said that tongue in cheek.

查琳：我是半开玩笑地说。

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，你是在开玩笑，但那确实是认。

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

而这，我稍微点幽默地说，其实是一个实例子。

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

以一种开玩笑方式还是就是心或直接？

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

“她半开玩笑地说想去做游泳”——她不是认，她是在开玩笑。

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， “他开玩笑说” ，他们说别担心，他只是在开玩笑。

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。