with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek
with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek
Humorously or as a joke, though seeming or appearing to be serious. The president gave a speech on April Fools' Day about the "War on Couch Potatoes," which he delivered with his tongue in his cheek. The zombie movie, very much with its tongue in its cheek, gives a clever criticism of American consumerism.
See also: cheek, tongue
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- will wonders never cease
- wonders (will) never cease
- Wonders never cease!
- wonders will never cease
- (I) would if I could
- team Xerox
- and I don't play one on TV
- and a partridge in a pear tree
- adulting