"tongue-in-cheek" meaning in All languages combined

See tongue-in-cheek on Wiktionary

Phrase [angličtina]

IPA: [tʌŋ ɪn t͡ʃiːk]
  1. nemyšlený vážně, s pomrkáváním
    Sense id: cs-tongue-in-cheek-en-phrase-ppgBtwO7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jocular, irony, humorous 
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "idiom",
  "raw_tags": [
    "používaný",
    "adjektivně",
    "nebo",
    "příslovečně"
  ],
  "senses": [
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          ],
          "ref": "převzato z anglické mutace Wiktionary",
          "text": "He gave a tongue-in-cheek explanation of why the sky was blue, offering a theory about some primordial discount on light blue paint."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nemyšlený vážně, s pomrkáváním"
      ],
      "id": "cs-tongue-in-cheek-en-phrase-ppgBtwO7"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tʌŋ ɪn t͡ʃiːk]"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "jocular"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "irony"
    },
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      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "humorous"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "tongue-in-cheek"
}

{
  "lang": "angličtina",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "idiom",
  "raw_tags": [
    "používaný",
    "adjektivně",
    "nebo",
    "příslovečně"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "převzato z anglické mutace Wiktionary",
          "text": "He gave a tongue-in-cheek explanation of why the sky was blue, offering a theory about some primordial discount on light blue paint."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nemyšlený vážně, s pomrkáváním"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tʌŋ ɪn t͡ʃiːk]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "jocular"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "irony"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "humorous"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "tongue-in-cheek"
}

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