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他们拿那位老人开玩笑。 They are making fun of the old man.
他喜欢拿他的同学开玩笑。 He likes playing jokes on his classmates.
我上了当, 还以为他们的玩笑是真的呢. I was hoaxed into believing their story.
他们跟她开玩笑, 把她往游泳池里浸了一下. They dunked her in the swimming-pool as a joke.
他的答覆看来是半开玩笑半认真的. His reply was taken half seriously, half in jest.
他们开我的玩笑。 They played a joke on me.
这可不是开玩笑的事。 It is no joke.
你一定是在开玩笑吧。 You must be joking.
他装作一本正经，可是你看得出他是在开玩笑。 He pretended to be serious, but you could tell that he had hi tongue in his cheek.
在葬礼上发笑或开玩笑是失礼的行为。 Laughing and joking are considered improper behaviors at a funeral.
在演讲开头主席开了一个玩笑。 At the beginning of the speech the chairman cracked a joke.
他向我眨了眨一只眼，意思是他正在开别人的玩笑。 He winked at me to show that he was playing a joke on the others.
孩子问老师leather（皮革）是什么，老师说是：hide（皮），他问老师为什么让他hide（藏起来）。这个故事是用文字来开玩笑。 The boy asked his teacher what leather was and she said"Hide." He asked why she told him go hide. This story plays on words.