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Tongue-in-cheek

The idiom tongue-in-cheek is used about a statement that is funny or sarcastic. It is not meant to be taken seriously.

History

The phrase first meant contempt. By 1842, it got its modern meaning.[1][2] Early users of the phrase include Sir Walter Scott in his 1828 The Fair Maid of Perth.

Tongue-in-cheek Media

  • A newspaper clipping from 1833, in which a tailor whose coat was stolen from a bowling alley advertises an offer to alter the coat to fit the thief

References

  1. ↑ Chay, H., Contrastive metaphor of Korean and English revealed in 'mouth' and 'tongue' expressions
  2. ↑ Zoltan, I. G. (2006). "Use Your Body". Philologia.
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