not intended seriously; done or said as a joke 言不由衷的;随便说说的;开玩笑的 a tongue-in-cheek remark 一句戏言 The magazine published a wonderful tongue-in-cheek review of his latest work. 该杂志对他的最新作品发表了精彩的半开玩笑的评论。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTongue-in-cheek is used with these nouns:- humour