"tongue in cheek" in German tongue-in-cheek ironisch ironisch gemeint nicht ganz ernst gemeint Detailed translations for "tongue in cheek" tongue-in-cheek tongue-in-cheek ironisch acknowledgment, Not that tongue-in-cheek thing we usually do. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review nicht diese ironisch gemeinte Sache, die wir immer tun. tongue-in-cheek(also: tongue in cheek /TIC/) ironisch gemeint tongue-in-cheek nicht ganz ernst gemeint{adjectiv} English synonyms for "tongue in cheek" tongue-in-cheek {r} banteringly facetiously jokingly tongue-in-cheek {s} bantering facetious