with tongue in cheek

I mean, I'm saying that with tongue in cheek because they've got to come to our place.

They must have said it with tongue in cheek.

With tongue in cheek she continued, "There's lots to do to keep you out of trouble.

But the locals are not above dishing it out, albeit with tongue in cheek.

The 52 threesomes are where tradition intersects with tongue in cheek.

They added, perhaps with tongue in cheek, that an annual rate might encourage Congress to adjourn earlier each year.

Did he really (even with tongue in cheek) compare himself with Borges?

Animals are considered, as pets and otherwise, and mostly with tongue in cheek, by 15 artists.

"And I use the word 'storms' with tongue in cheek," he said.

In others she speaks with tongue in cheek as if she is only joking.

With tongue in cheek, he suggested that a more realistic song about love would begin, "I'll be loving you, Thursday."

Others were undoubtedly conceived with tongue in cheek and an eye to the gullibility of so many wine drinkers.

As the projects have evolved over the last year, the geek esthetic has given way to stealth, often with tongue in cheek.

I guess I was holding him back," Tyrone said with tongue in cheek.

"Child's play," Roarke said with tongue in cheek.

One can only hope Mr. McCarthy said all that with tongue in cheek.

During the 1964 United States presidential campaign the artist, with tongue in cheek, put himself forward as an independent write-in candidate.

I also say, with tongue in cheek, that the Harris 1,000-Plan should be dubbed the most outrageous confidence trick of the entire war.

Many of them caught the spirit of the show, and answered Conried's questions with tongue in cheek.

Art in pursuit of social betterment, with tongue in cheek and a jaundiced eye."

"I say that with tongue in cheek, because I don't know what I could do if it did."

However, I'll respect your idiosyncrasies--with tongue in cheek, of course."

A stand-up comic used that line with tongue in cheek, of course, but Bolan took it literally.

Several stories referred with tongue in cheek to the reports of vast jungles of growth that later disappeared entirely.

The villains were often caricatured, Runyonesque gangsters, played with tongue in cheek.