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Meaning of "with one's tongue in one's cheek" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WITH ONE'S TONGUE IN ONE'S CHEEK

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WITH ONE'S TONGUE IN ONE'S CHEEK

with egg on one´s face
with good grace
with impunity
with it
with might and main
with one accord
with one voice
with one´s back to the wall
with one´s bare hands
with one´s beer goggles on
with one´s eyes open
with one´s eyes shut
with one´s nose in the air
with one´s tail between one´s legs
with open arms
with that
with the best will in the world
with the gloves off
with this
with young

WORDS THAT END LIKE WITH ONE'S TONGUE IN ONE'S CHEEK

Ancient Greek
cheek
creek
fenugreek
geek
Great Week
Greek
hide-and-seek
Holy Week
keek
leek
meek
midweek
peek
reek
seek
sleek
steek
turn the other cheek
week

Synonyms and antonyms of with one's tongue in one's cheek in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «with one's tongue in one's cheek» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of with one's tongue in one's cheek to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of with one's tongue in one's cheek from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «with one's tongue in one's cheek» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在一个人的脸上一个人的舌头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

con la lengua en la mejilla de uno
570 millions of speakers

English

with one´s tongue in one´s cheek
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किसी के गाल में एक जीभ के साथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مع واحد اللسان في خده واحد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

со своим языком в своей щеке
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

com a língua na bochecha de um
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক এর গাল এক এর জিহ্বা সঙ্গে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avec sa langue dans sa joue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dengan lidah seseorang dalam pipi seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mit der Zunge in einer Wange
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分の頬にある自分の舌で
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 뺨 에 자신의 혀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nganggo lidah siji ing pipi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

với một lưỡi trong má của một người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு கன்னத்தில் ஒரு நாவலைக் கொண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या गालावर जीभ धरून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birinin yanağındaki diliyle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

con la propria lingua nella guancia di una
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

z własnego języka w swoim policzku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зі своєю мовою у своїй щоці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu limba cuiva în obraz cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

με τη γλώσσα κάποιου στο μάγουλο ενός ατόμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

met ´n mens se tong in ´n mens se wang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

med tungan i en kind
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

med ens tungen i ens kinn
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WITH ONE'S TONGUE IN ONE'S CHEEK»

The term «with one's tongue in one's cheek» is used very little and occupies the 183.504 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WITH ONE'S TONGUE IN ONE'S CHEEK»

Discover the use of with one's tongue in one's cheek in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to with one's tongue in one's cheek and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cassell英语常用词组用法词典
glJfe with one's tongue in one's cheek H$l]Jfe too none too ^Ji+# ; — ,lrJt!l>F (The weather was none too promising, fi" ^ >tt :T> Jiffiif ° ) tool • a bad workman blames his tools 1 WORKMAN to down tools fi DOWN tooth armed to the teeth B, ...
Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
with one's tongue in one's cheek or tongue in cheek with ironic, insincere or humorous intention. © Anglo-Saxon tunge. tongue-and-groove joint t> noun a joint made between two pieces of wood, etc consisting of a projection along the side of ...
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
(with one's) tongue in (one's) cheek with ironic, insincere or humorous intention. [ OE tunge] tongue-tie n a speech impediment which is caused by an abnormally small fold of skin under the tongue not allowing full movement of the tongue, ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
4
Textbook on Legal Language and Legal Writing
With one's tongue in one's cheek: To intend to convey one meaning while actually expressing another. Down in the mouth: Low-spirited; discouraged. From mouth to mouth: From one person to another, as scandal or rumour spreads from lip to ...
Prof. Dr. K. L. Bhatia
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Multi-Functional English-Chinese Dictionary
Phrase: with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek wJS^P^ dai wa ku kou wen Example : He made the soft soap with tongue in cheek. i^i^i^wMMnM^lo ta shuo hao hua shl dai wa ku kou wen de. Phrase: with one's tongue hanging out M ke Example:  ...
Jane Sun, 2009
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Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics
In this interaction, an expression devel— ops a meaning through metonymy, a meaning that is then mapped metaphor— ically onto another domain. Goossens' examples include say something with one's tongue in one's cheek ...
Alice Deignan, 2005
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IF I CAN YOU CAN LEARN ENGLISH TOO!
To speak with one's tongue in one's cheek: To speak ironically. One should not take his words seriously because he usually speaks with his tongue in his cheeks . To keep one's tongue still: To keep quiet. The teacher told her pupils to keep ...
Mohammed Wasim, 2014
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Embodiment Via Body Parts: Studies from Various Languages ...
反唇相讥 fan-chun xiang-ji (reverse-lips prt-ridicule) 'answer back sarcastically' zuichun you-hua (lips greasy-slippery) 'eloquent in speech; with one's tongue in one's cheek' nan-yi qi-chi (difficult-to open-teeth) '(find it) difficult to talk about sth.
Zouheir A. Maalej, Ning Yu, 2011
9
Dental Record
... he had chosen for himself, might have made much fame by his humorous sketches. , Mr. ROBERTS asked whether Professor Paterson would distinguish between "speaking with one's tongue in one's cheek ” and “ laughing in one's sleeve ?
‎1906
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Cognitive Linguistics: Internal Dynamics and ...
Goossens (1990) has aptly studied this and similar body-part expressions (e.g. speak with one's tongue in one's cheek, be closed-lipped) as cases of metaphor derived from metonymy. In Goossen's view, the metonymic basis of beat one's ...
M. Sandra Peña Cervel, Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, 2005

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