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Chris -- 2018-04-11
To my ear, both versions of the idiom suggest hesitant, and hence oblique or ironic assertion. About 900 ghits, e.g.:
Perhaps with tongue in check, the site at http://www.humanforsale.com/ asks you 30 questions, then calculates your net worth …
www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/2003/01/03.html
Interpreted for the new century, each one is translated with tongue-in-check humor and insight.
www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-0740743422-0
Now, even with tongue-in-check, it still sounds dumb to me.
www.keloland.com/news/weighingin/NewsDe … ID=0,47079
... Behn intentionally (and perhaps with tongue-in-check amusement) points out…
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3708/is_200607/ai_n17183120/pg_3
As for the other news on the table, nice job (he says, with tongue-in-check) by the Bruins to ax Dave Lewis and his top assistant, Marc Habscheid.
www.boston.com/news/necn/Sports/blog/20 … d_the.html
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