What is Tongue-in-cheek?
The [[idiom]] '''tongue-in-cheek''' is used about a statement that is funny or [[sarcasm|sarcastic]]. It is not meant to be taken seriously. ==History== The phrase first meant [[contempt]]. By 1842, it got its modern meaning.<ref>{{citation |title=Contrastive metaphor of Korean and English revealed in 'mouth' and 'tongue' expressions |first=H. | last=Chay}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Use Your Body |first =I. G. |last= Zoltan |journal=Philologia |year=2006}}</ref> Early users of the phrase include [[Sir Walter Scott]] in his 1828 ''[[The Fair Maid of Perth]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Figures of speech]]