kid on the squareとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

kid on the square (三人称単数 現在形 kids on the square, 現在分詞 kidding on the square, 過去形および過去分詞形 kidded on the square)

1. To be joking, but at the same time really mean it.
   • 1907, Alfred Damon Runyon, "The Defense of Strikerville" in McClure's Magazine vol. 28 [1], page 379:

     "I'm kiddin' on the square," said Hanks.

   • 1977, Dan Rather; Mickey Herskowitz, The Camera Never Blinks‎^[2], →ISBN, page 66:

     So I always knew what Pierce meant, in a kidding-on-the-square kind of way.

   • 2006, Stuart Ostrow, Present at the Creation‎^[3], →ISBN, page 46:

     "At least he likes historical characters," I kidded on the square. No one laughed so I went to work recruiting other directors.

同意語

• ha ha only serious