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。