Idiom
half joke
Meaning
A statement which contains elements of both jest and seriousness.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He said he would quit, but it was only a half joke.”
“She told her boss she was moving to the moon, but it was a half joke because she really does want a new start.”
“His comment about leaving the company was delivered as a half joke, yet the underlying frustration in his voice suggested a deeper, more serious intent.”
Examples
simple
“He said he would quit, but it was only a half joke.”
contextual
“She told her boss she was moving to the moon, but it was a half joke because she really does want a new start.”
complex
“His comment about leaving the company was delivered as a half joke, yet the underlying frustration in his voice suggested a deeper, more serious intent.”
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