A bit like a pyramid scheme, says one British party strategist, only half-joking.

有点像传销，一个英国党派战略家开玩笑这样说道。

That was a tongue-in-cheek conclusion from a couple of Australian scientists in 2001 who conducted an experiment on farts.

这个开玩笑结论出自一对澳洲科学家，们在2001年做了有关放屁实验。

Then in 1974, he had everyone laughing with his tongue-in-cheek song making fun of his own life.

1974年，曲中有对自己生活开玩笑式嘲讽，引得所有人开怀大笑。

There's always like a sense of irony, kind of a tongue in cheek sort of approach to a lot of what I do.

我做很多事情都充满了讽刺意味，带着一种、开玩笑感觉。

The tone is tongue-in-cheek: He eats a chicken hatched from a steam-heated egg and donates a pound sterling for the benefit of the poor.

语气是开玩笑：吃了一只用蒸汽加热鸡蛋孵化鸡，并捐出一英镑来造福穷人。

And I only mean that half-jokingly because of all the lay-offs that have been going on in the tech sector over the past few months in response to high interest rates.

我意思只是开玩笑意思， 因为过去几个月科技行业一直在裁员以应对高利率。

I had recently published one on Benjamin Franklin and was writing one about Albert Einstein, and my initial reaction was to wonder, half jokingly, whether he saw himself as the natural successor in that sequence.

我刚刚出版了本杰明·富兰克林传记，正在着手完成阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦传记。因此我最初反应是，是不是把自己看做这些伟人继承人了，当然这是开玩笑。

Tongue-in-cheek comments are often used in critiques. They tell something truthful, but in a light-hearted, funny way. You can sometimes get away with a lot by using tongue-in-cheek humor because the truth in it can sometimes be hard to recognize.

开玩笑言论经常被用在评论中。们讲一些真实事情，但是是以一种轻松、有趣方式。你有时可以用一些开玩笑幽默来逃避麻烦，因为其中实情有时很难分辨。