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Tongue In Cheek 1100 Words You Need Week 20 Day 3

Tongue In Cheek 1100 Words Tongue In Cheek 1100 Words (adj, adv & idiom) if you say something tongue in cheek, you don't take it seriously and consider it to be funny, be joking about something, amusing and hilarious, witty and comic, jokey, droll, in jest, insincere The teacher had his tongue in his cheek when he said he was satisfied with his students' performance on the exam. The idiom tongue-in-cheek refers to a humorous or sarcastic statement expressed in a mock serious manner. The phrase originally expressed contempt, but by 1842 had acquired its modern meaning. Early users of ...

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