Tongue in cheek

If you say something tongue in cheek, you intend it to be understood as a joke, although you might appear to be serious.

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The Bold and the Beautiful

Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan) used the phrase “Tongue in cheek” while talking to  Jack Wagner(Dominick Payne Marone) in the popular TV show “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:

Tags: Bold & the Beautiful, Jack Wagner, Nick Marone