tongue in check : 皮肉交じりの、ふざけた

1:36 but finishing tongue and cheek the US Embassy will continue to make tea in the proper way by microwaving it

• tempest
• steeped
• brouhaha
• unconventional
• mere
• lunacy
• outraged
• tongue and cheek
• intervene
• stir up
• tempest in a teapot