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朋友之间经常会开个小玩笑，既可以缓解气氛，又可以使谈话顺利进行下去。小伙伴们，你们知道“和某人开玩笑”英语怎么表达吗?一起学习一下吧~

1. horse around= joke around

horse around 可不是说带着马儿四处遛，它的意思是“胡闹”、“嬉闹”。被人家误会时，可以拿出来澄清一下~

-Hey! Why did you punch me in the arm?

-I'm just horsing around!

-嘿!干吗打我胳膊?

-我跟你闹着玩儿呢。

2. mock sb.

嘲笑某人;开某人的玩笑

I'm mocking you.

我逗你玩呢。

3. make fun of

开玩笑，取笑

They are making fun of the old man.

他们拿那位老人开玩笑。

4. play tricks/ jokes on

Ken likes to play tricks/ jokes on his sister and always gets her goat.

肯喜欢跟他妹妹开玩笑，这总让她生气。

5. pull one's leg

这个看似拖后腿的短语，实际意思也是跟人家开玩笑，所以别当真~

I didn’t mean it! I was just pulling your leg!

我刚才不是认真的!只是开玩笑罢了。

6. be joking

这个表达大家能用到的机会比较多，除此之外还可以说 It’s only a joke. 或者Just kidding.

He was joking. Don't take it seriously.

他是开玩笑的，你别当真啊。

7. as a/a kind of joke

They dunked her in the swimming-pool as a joke.

他们跟她开玩笑，把她往游泳池里浸了一下。

A customer first suggested it, as a kind of joke.

这是一个顾客首次开玩笑般提议的。

8. in fun

在乐趣或玩笑中。说明不过是个玩笑而已，还请一笑置之~

Don't take offense, I was only saying it in fun.

别生气啊，我刚才那么说是开玩笑的。

最后，小编还是要在这里提醒各位小伙伴，开玩笑也要适度，别太过分哦~