with the tongue in the cheek

Methods: The pressure of cheek and tongue on mandibular and maxillar first molars was measured with a computer aided perioral force measuring system in 16 patients ( 8 male and 8 famale) with constrictive maxillary arch.

方法：用新型计算机辅助口周力测量系统对16名上颌牙弓狭窄患者上下颌第一磨牙颊侧、舌侧进行口周力测量。

She made the remark with tongue in cheek.

她说这些话是带挖苦口吻的.

He has a very plausible way of talking; sometimes he talks with the tongue in the cheek.

他讲起话来非常动听, 但 有时话中有话.

The CDC had published instructional materials on how to survive a "zombie apocalypse," in what the agency now calls "a tongue in cheek campaign to engage new audiences with messages of preparedness."

美国疾病控制预防中心曾出版了一些指南资料教导人们如何在“僵尸末日”避难。而该机构现在称“这只是场不必当真的宣传活动，给新近听说的人一些预防僵尸的信息。”

" Are you in earnest?" he asked in a deadly calm voice. She made the remark with tongue in cheek.

你可当真？他带着极为镇定的口吻问。她说这些话是带挖苦口吻的。