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| jokes are half-meant (NGGM); in every joke there is an element of truth (rechnik); there is a grain of truth in every joke (см. goo.gl/W2qTFH wiktionary Hitai); even joke is woven with a thread of truth (Taras); every joke is woven with a thread of truth (Taras) | |||
| there is a kernel of truth in every joke | |||
| mows jesting may come to earnest; many a true word is spoken in jest (дословно: Часто правда говорится в шуточной форме); behind every joke there is a grain of truth (VLZ_58); all jokes have a grain of truth to them (VLZ_58); all jokes have truth to them (VLZ_58); a joke is truth wrapped in a smile (VLZ_58); there is a shard of truth in every joke (to be confirmed – based on Jann Arden's tweet "There is a shard of truth in every lie" Aiduza) | |||
| jokes stem from truth (bellb1rd); all jokes stem from truth (bellb1rd) | |||