1、He said it in jest.
2、It was said in jest.
3、Are you in jest or in earnest?
4、speak half in jest, half in earnest
5、It was said half in jest.
6、He said all that in jest.
7、 His reply was taken half seriously, half in jest.
8、Are you in jest or in real earnest?
9、he often speaks in jest, and seldom says anything serious.
10、That title is a little bit in jest.
11、criticize(sb/sth)harshly,esp in jest;ridicule
12、While there is much said in jest here, there's also much said in truth.
13、"Here's a solution," Orenstein offers, only somewhat in jest. "Move to the Netherlands."
14、I said you look terrible in jest, actually, you look very pretty.
15、That is why I laugh at myself and shatter my secret in jest.
16、He spoke in jest when he asked me to marry him.
17、What we say, even in jest, may need to be accounted for in the day of judgement.
18、"My love," said her mother, "you must not be offended with Elinor — she was only in jest."
19、Moroccan women worried half in jest whether, as in Saudi Arabia, they would no longer be allowed to drive.
20、People often said in jest that one should sell stocks when housewives were talking about stocks in the market.
21、I threatened in jest to have her leave my office because beef should be at least pink.
22、That she was doing for an earnest reason what would most naturally be done in jest was at any rate a safe secret.
23、The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light.
24、It was all in jest, though, as Tipsarevic explained that the two players are friendly and he has great respect for Roddick’s champion qualities.
25、As he picked it up he said, half in anger and half in jest, that he had met his master but that there is a master for everyone and everything - and now he proposed to lead me to mine.
26、People say in jest when housewives are talking about stocks in the markets one should sell all his stocks because mass participation is a clear sign that the price is at the peak.
27、After one fight, Jou-chia said half in earnest and half in jest, "When you get angry, it's like a wild beast biting someone. You not only won't listen to reason, you don't even have any feeling."
28、Taking it all in jest the pair embraced on the red carpet as they posed for pictures, with Felton joking: "I've had a crush on him for years and finally he's coming out, this is great!"
29、The ritual was in jest, say people familiar with the matter, and he dropped it after executives said it made him seem silly and that competitors might cite it as evidence of monopolistic goals.
