Subject : I was simply making a tongue-in-cheek remark.

第一， 迷你對話

A: Is that true that you wanna go with me for a trip around the US?

你說打算和我去美國，是真的嗎？

B: I was simply making a tongue-in-cheek remark.

我并不是認真的。

第二， 地道表達

tongue-in-cheek

1. 解詞釋義

Tongue-in-cheek用來形容一件事情，那件事情聽起來似乎是很嚴肅的，但實際上不是認真的，半開玩笑的。Make a tongue-in-cheek remark的意思就是“說話虛情假意的，說話不算數(shù)的”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. Don't be fooled by all his complimentary remarks as they were all tongue-in-cheek.

別讓他的恭維話給糊弄住--那些話可當不得真。

第三， 視野拓展

類似用法：with one’s tongue in one’s cheek：虛情假意地

e.g. He was saying that with his tongue in his cheek.

他只不過是虛情假意說說罷了。

e.g. There's a look on Jan's face that makes me think he's speaking with his tongue in his cheek.

從簡的表情看來，我覺得他話中有話。

e.g. He threatened to write to the newspapers about it, but I think he had his tongue in his cheek.

他威脅說要寫信給報紙，不過我想他只是說說而已。

e.g. She knew that his elaborate gallantries and his florid speeches were all done with his tongue in his cheek.

她知道，他那些假意的殷勤和花言巧語都是嘴皮子上的東西。