kid on the square

短语

词形变化

kidded on the square kidding on the square kids on the square 三单 kids on the square kidding on the square 现在分词 kidded on the square 过去式 kidded on the square 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be joking, but at the same time really mean it.

词源

Dates back to the early 20th century. Later popularized by Mose Allison in his 1983 song "Kidding on the Square" on the album Middle Class White Boy (described in the liner notes as "joking with serious intent") and later by Al Franken describing the negative reaction of Paul Wolfowitz to one of his jokes in the 2003 book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.

来源：wiktionary