Sentence examples for standing joke from inspiring English sources

The legacy has left a standing joke: "Australia has the best opera house in the world.

In fact, she said, it was a standing joke between them.

It's a standing joke in baseball circles that position players cannot keep up with pitchers.

The song became a standing joke between them for days while they tried to find words to fit the melody.

It has since become a standing joke in my family that we must now say it as often as possible.

It is a standing joke among Chinese travellers that many products snapped up abroad bear "Made in China" labels.

The standing joke in Prenzlauer Berg is that the borough is populated exclusively by Swabians from wealthy south-western Germany.

A standing joke in New York politics was that the Liberal Party was neither liberal nor a party.

"In England the words 'health and safety' have become a catchphrase, a standing joke of things you can't do".

Mr Ryan's replacement was one of the standing jokes of American politics, Alan Keyes.

The BBC and the NHS have become standing jokes for hardened corporate arteries, as well as for resisting all attempts at break-up or decentralisation.