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tongue in cheek ['tvəin'təɪ:k]stresses
gen. в шутку; иронически; несерьёзно; дурачась
tongue-in-cheek ['tʌŋɪn'ʧi:k]
gen. не без иронии (VLZ_58); иронически (Andrey Truhachev); не всерьёз (I was simply making a tongue-in-cheek remark when I said that. – Well, she thought you were serious. 4uzhoj); лукавый; насмешливо-иронический; издевательский (поострожнее с этим вариантом перевода ART Vancouver); шуточный (e.g., a tongue-in-cheek illustration / explanation / remark, etc. 4uzhoj); юмористический (The magazine published a wonderful tongue-in-cheek review of his latest work. 4uzhoj); сказанный в шутку (A remark intended as a tongue in cheek joke I'm sure, but probably not far from the truth. • Ann made a tongue-in-cheek remark to John, and he got mad because he thought she was serious. 4uzhoj); ироничный (VLZ_58)
inf. в шутку (Anglophile); с иронией (Andrey Truhachev)
tongue in cheek: 44 phrases in 7 subjects
Australian3
Figurative1
General22
Makarov14
Mass media1
Music1
Slang2