New Delhi [India], Nov 20 ( ANI ): In response to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's comment, wherein he tried to play on Manushi Chhillar's surname, the newly-crowned Miss World 2017 has said she is not going to be upset over a
tongue-in-cheek remark.
From a
tongue-in-cheek allegory of China and Tibet to the playful account of a young Tibetan in the throes of love, Ma Yuan breaks with tradition and helps move Chinese literature into the twenty-first century.
CYPRUS' new Central Bank Governor said he was committed to the eurozone and to efforts to restore trust in the bloc, dismissing as "
tongue-in-cheek" a suggestion he made a year ago that Germany should quit the single currency.
"We were asked to have our photograph taken and we removed our shirts as a
tongue-in-cheek joke between friends, but of course the resulting coverage in the press suggests a far different night out.
Older teens will be put off by the book's awkward mix of science facts, fantasy, and
tongue-in-cheek silliness.
But considering what Gary says (even with
tongue-in-cheek comments), isn't this a clear indictment that consecutive Liberal and Labour administrations in Kirklees since Gary's time have progressively made Kirklees a worse place to live?
Summary: Piers Morgan has dismissed speculation that a body double has been used for a
tongue-in-cheek advert in which he appears semi-naked.
EVER since Carrie donned hers in Sex and the City, nameplate necklaces have been the epitome of
tongue-in-cheek cool.
RECENTLYthe ECHO was kind enough to print a letter of mine in which I '
tongue-in-cheek' suggested, with the then banking scandal in mind, that emotion-free computers, programmed strictly with facts, would hopefully one day make top-level decisions and eliminate mankind's greed in positions that allow corr uption.
I am at a bit of a loss to see how my
tongue-in-cheek (is that a pun?) reproach of the growing practice of European ladies expecting to be kissed on the cheek by men in social settings could in any way be regarded as disrespectful to Arabic etiquette, 'So disrespectful' (GDN, May 6).
But when I saw he was the author of the piece, I immediately recognised his zany,
tongue-in-cheek, Geordie humour.
Written by army veteran, teacher, and coach Skip Wilhoit, The Man Code: An In-Depth Look at the Rules of Engagement for Today's American Man is an at times
tongue-in-cheek guide to asserting one's manliness in American culture without being (excessively) obnoxious.
tongue-in-cheek - cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
tongue-in-cheek - in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly"
tongue-in-cheek - not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"