冗談に紛らす

じょうだんにまぎらす

to pass (something) off as a joke

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Example sentences

著者の冗漫なスタイルは膨大な書類を作り出したが、その内容は乏しい。

The author's verbiage produced a document of mammoth size and microscopic import.

冗談じゃないよ。あの人は私同様医者なんかじゃないよ。

You can't be serious! He's no more a doctor than I am.