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[arethinn]

What does the idiom "tongue in cheek" (meaning basically "not serious") actually refer to? The only time I see people making a facial expression which involves sticking their tongue into the inside of their cheek is for "blow job" jokes. Is there something else going on with the verbal expression?

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[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Well! I daresay if I thrust my tongue into your cheek, that there would be an expression at the very least accompanied by a wink!

...Uh, so. Coffee?

[talonstrike.livejournal.com]

Coffee, eh? This isn't just a pretext to lure me in so that you can thrust your tongue into my cheek, is it? :D

Never can tell these days...

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

I'm kidding around. Dare I say it, that remark was, itself, tongue-in-cheek. ;)

[talonstrike.livejournal.com]

*gasp* No! Seriously?! :D