“开玩笑”用英语不同形态的表达方式也不一样，如下：
v. crack a joke；
vi. joke；
vt. tease；
misc. make fun of ; play a trick。
他经不起开玩笑。
He can't take a joke.
她喜欢跟朋友们开玩笑。
She delights in playing jokes on her friends.
他开玩笑说，考虑到我们要激发出来的后果，我应该把这种病毒全部扔进垃圾桶。
He joked that I should throw it all in the trash because of what we would unleash.
如果你让某人做什么事情而他们需要更多的一些时间，你或许会这样和他们开玩笑： “什么？
If you have asked someone to do something and they need a bit more time, you might joke withthem: "What?
他说：“你会在你祖母葬礼上为了开开玩笑而扔你死去的祖母吗？”
"Do you throw your dead grandmother around for a joke at her funeral?" he said.
比赛结束回到更衣室的时候，我开玩笑的说，网球比赛应知散扰该只打一盘。
After the match, back to the locker room, I make joke, tennis should only play one set(laughter).
施密特继续搭旦说：“换句话说，你们知道，要把数据线连到你们的头上，我们还没有完全弄清楚这个问题，因此我们现在只能开玩笑的说，掘大但是这个问题将会被解决。
Schmidt continues: "In other words, you know, wire it into your head. And so we joke about thisand said, we have not quite figured out what that problem looks like… But that would solve theproblem.
