tongue-in-cheek

After the Times obit came out, Craig sent me an e mail with the tongue-in-cheek subject line: "How you and I created modeern civilization. "

在Timesobit发表之后，Craig给我发送了一封电子邮件，半开玩笑式的邮件主题是：你我是怎样共同创造了现代文明的。

It's obviously a little bit of tongue in cheek towards NASA, if somebody knows it is an American song, especially if patriotic for America.

这显然是在挖苦nasa，如果有人知道这是一首美国爱国主义歌曲。

As for your tongue-in-cheek part, I'd rather watch them compete in hufu than hanfu, at least the girls' legs are more visible.

对于你那讽刺那段﹐我宁愿看他们以胡服比赛了﹐起码女孩子的腿也可以见得更清楚。

One lie has even become such a standard, that it's more of a joke than a real lie. I've said it to my son, but always with tongue-in-cheek.

有句谎话甚至被我讲成了笑话，我总是半玩笑半认真的对儿子提起它。

The question may be a bit tongue-in-cheek, but it relates to a serious discussion as flood-swollen Yangtze River continues to test the dam.

上面的问题或许有点开玩笑的意味，不过在长江洪水继续考验三峡大坝之际，这个问题却关系到一场严肃的讨论。

He was asked, tongue in cheek, if he could think of any place he would rather be.

当有人开玩笑问他是否考虑过一些其他他认为更好的地方。

The last comment may have been tongue-in-cheek, but the takeaway thought, he said, was that GM knew its weaknesses as well as anyone else.

他说，虽然最后一句话有些开玩笑的意思，但是言下之意是，通用公司与外界一样深知自己的弱点。

Xia zhi xing: be polite. Nobody at Tomorrow Village does no good for you, and do not only say it tongue in cheek.

夏之星：说话客气一点，我们明日乡的任何一个乡民都没有对不起你，不要说风凉话。

By April '94 it had a new tongue-in-cheek name: "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle, " or Yahoo for short.

到了1994年4月，它有了一个新昵称：“另一种非官方层次化数据库”（YetAnotherHierarchicalOfficiousOracle）简称Yahoo。

In the case of this image, I wanted to represent New York in a tongue-in-cheek, fanciful way.

在本图中，我希望用一种戏谑、荒诞的方式来表现纽约。

Legendary sexy TV show Baywatch is set to be reworked for the big screen - as a tongue-in-cheek comedy movie.

传奇的性感电视剧《海岸救生队》将被改造为电影-一个开玩笑的喜剧电影。

I think it was a bit tongue-in-cheek, it wasn't his creation and he has apologised unreservedly to the referee.

我想这只是一个小小的玩笑。图片不是他的原创，而且他已经坦诚地向主裁判道了歉。

He did not mean it; he was speaking with tongue in cheek.

他不是当真的，拿你开心罢了。

Therefore, that tongue-in-cheek statement we send just might be interpreted seriously.

因此，我们发出的玩笑话可能会被理解为很严重。

I think the author meant to be a bit tongue in cheek when she wrote this article.

我想作者写这篇文章的时候肯定是有点假心假意。

Use tongue-in-cheek comments and emoticons only if you know the recipient really well.

只有在你跟对方很熟的情况才使用玩笑注释和表情。

Photos of the store posted on Chinese websites have attracted thousands of comments, many of them offering tongue-in-cheek praise.

中文网站上关于这家店的照片吸引了数千条评论，其中很多开玩笑地大加赞扬：

In response, the left-leaning daily Liberation put Sarkozy on its cover, with the tongue-in-cheek headline: "Our Savior. "

结果，左派月刊《解放》马上就把他放在封面上了，并附上挖苦人的标题：“我们的救世主”。

"In other words, " Dandridge had responded with tongue-in-cheek gravity, "prepare herself for an advantageous marriage. "

“换句话说，”丹德里奇挖苦着妻子道。“就是为了攀高亲做准备。”

Each gives a brief tongue-in-cheek biography with her photograph.

每张照片都附上半开玩笑的个人简介。