聊以解嘲
      Explanation: Tentatively used to explain the matter to be laughed at.
      Usage: Partial official; as predicate, object; that tentatively used to cover up or gloss over others laugh
      Source: Song Hu Tsai "hidden Tiaoxi fishing, then the former cluster on the _set_ of Drifting": "sub-US hardship in the mountains, I do not know who was criticized for cover, that clumsy trouble, were often ridiculed proposed text, cases of military school, so talk mockery ears. "
      Examples: This only can be considered ~ the move. ★ Qing Wu Jian "Strange two decades," the sixty-first back
  • Thesaurus:  quench one's thirst by thinking of plums, Talk to toy, sour grapes
  • Antonym Group:  Much ado about nothing, Concern for the ancients, borrow trouble