| 词组 | crack a joke |
| 释义 | Idiom crack a joke Theme: JOKING to tell a joke. (Informal.)She's never serious. She's always cracking jokes.As long as she's cracking jokes, she's okay. crack a jokeTo say something funny; to tell a joke. The teacher scolded me for cracking a joke in the middle of class. crack a joketo tell a joke. She's never serious. She's always cracking jokes. Every time Tom cracked a joke, his buddies broke up laughing. crack a jokeMake a joke, say something humorous, as in You can count on Grandpa to crack a joke on every occasion. This expression uses the verb to crack in the now obsolete sense of "briskly pronounce" or "boast." [Early 1700s] crack a ˈjoketell a joke: He’s always cracking jokes in class. |
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