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gdilla on April 15, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Giant coconut crabs feed on birds (2017)

those are pretty much tongue and cheek. how often is anyone near a crab that's not in captivity or that you're about to eat?

dragonwriter on April 15, 2018 [–]

> those are pretty much tongue and cheek.

I believe the expression you are looking for is “tongue-in-cheek”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-in-cheek

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