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~
