| 单词 | with tongue in cheek |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek d. to put, or speak with, one's tongue in one's cheek, to speak insincerely. Also in to stick (or thrust) one's tongue in one's cheek, as a gesture of sly or †contemptuous humour; hence with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek, with sly irony or humorous insincerity. Cf. tongue-in-cheek adj. and adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > think or behave contemptuously [verb (intransitive)] > express contempt by gesture > humorously to stick (or thrust) one's tongue in one's cheek1748 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > grieve insincerely [verb (intransitive)] > make insincere gesture to stick (or thrust) one's tongue in one's cheek1748 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adverb] askancesc1450 hollowlya1547 from the teeth forward(s) or outward(s)1561 teeth outward(s)1561 unsincerelya1575 hollow1607 insincerely1625 fictly1677 with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek1842 phonily1936 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adverb] dryly1430 ironiously1532 ironically1535 satirically1590 Lucianically1592 sarcastically1647 sarcasmically1658 sarcasmatically1716 sardonically1842 caustically1850 to put, or speak with, one's tongue in one's cheek1928 sarkily1967 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. liv. 196 I signified my contempt of him, by thrusting my tongue in my cheek. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 193 The fellow who gave this all-hail thrust his tongue in his cheek to some scape-graces like himself. 1842 R. H. Barham Black Mousquetaire in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 22 He..Cried ‘Superbe!—Magnifique!’ (With his tongue in his cheek). 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 450/2 Hows'ever, I just sticks my tongue in my cheek,..watches my chance, an' off by a track-boat..to New Orleens. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy Pref. 56 If statesmen, either with their tongue in their cheek or through a generous impulsiveness, tell them [etc.]. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy 123 He unquestionably..knows that he is talking clap-trap, and, so to say, puts his tongue in his cheek. 1877 R. H. Roberts Harry Holbrooke of Holbrooke Hall i. 15 [He] sticks his tongue in his cheek, and whispers to his neighbor. 1898 E. W. Hamilton Gladstone 10 There was no speaking ‘with his tongue in the cheek’. He spoke straight from the heart. 1928 Observer 19 Feb. 5/1 I must confess my utter inability to grasp what Mr. B. Nicholson is after, though I am loath to believe that he painted his apparently flippant still life arrangements with his tongue in his cheek. 1951 Sport 30 Mar. 9/3 Walsall fans will tell you, with tongue in cheek, that the Fellows Park club is always on the alert where transfer of players is concerned. < as lemmas |
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