Sentences with phrase «puts tongue in cheek»

In this chapter he firmly puts tongue in cheek as he tries his best to learn the meaning of the word family.

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«America is afraid to put up this tongue - in - cheek billboard,» O'Connell told Reuters by telephone.

Yet with an open goal before him, Pele somehow dragged his shot wide, causing the keeper to later remark, with tongue firmly in cheek, that he had «done enough to put Pele off.»

And — And again, I kind of little tongue - in - cheek, put a little jab at the...

KILLER JOE is just this side of tongue in cheek, and the writer and director openly invite you to mock these sleazy cretins, which puts the lewd material at an arm's length.

The album is definitely tongue - in - cheek but suggests a real affection for these standards, putting Bad Religion in a long line of acts that find religion interesting even if they don't believe in it for a second.

The success of the film led to a job directing the 1989 big - budget version of Batman; a darkly lavish, gothic production, the film proved to be a huge hit, securing Burton a place on the roster of A-list directors.His next film, 1990's Edward Scissorhands was the tongue - in - cheek gothic tale of an artificial boy put together by a benign scientist, who dies before he can complete the boy; as a result, the fabricated youth has hedge clipper - like scissors for hands.

For fans of Arnie, it also dishes out a huge helping of smart self - reference and tongue - in - cheek humor, with Arnold Schwarzenegger (Total Recall, Predator) putting himself as the butt of most of the jokes with ingratiating cleverness.

Malin Akerman is obviously having a ton of fun oozing evil as the CEO of Energyne and Jake Lacy puts on a convincing tongue - in - cheek pastiche of Donald Trump as her brother and bumbling second in command — but neither of them get much development beyond being Evil with a capital E. Joe Manganiello and Will Yun Lee show up for a second too, but if you blink you might miss them.

I didn't mean for it to come out so tongue - in - cheek, because my plan literally is to turn my serial into an e-book, put it up, and keep writing.

The exhausted reviewer sums up with the tongue in cheek comment: «It certainly puts those of us who can't keep up with American Idol from one week to the next on notice that we're not living up to our full potential.»

After Sony's explosive E3 2013 Press Conference, they put out a funny tongue - in - cheek about how to share retail games with friends.

Among security researchers, putting a piece of tape over a computer webcam has become a tongue - in - cheek recommendation for those who are extra paranoid about their privacy.

Although these exercises started off as a tongue - in - cheek coping mechanism, once I began putting a few of these strategies into practice, I noticed that my MIL's attitude started to shift.