- make light of
- phrasal to treat as of little account
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
make light of
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make light of — index discount (disbelieve), disparage, underestimate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make light of — {v. phr.} To treat an important matter as if it were trivial. * /One ought to know which problems to make light of and which ones to handle seriously./ Compare: LAUGH OFF. Contrast: MAKE MUCH OF … Dictionary of American idioms
make light of — {v. phr.} To treat an important matter as if it were trivial. * /One ought to know which problems to make light of and which ones to handle seriously./ Compare: LAUGH OFF. Contrast: MAKE MUCH OF … Dictionary of American idioms
make\ light\ of — v. phr. To treat an important matter as if it were trivial. One ought to know which problems to make light of and which ones to handle seriously. Compare: laugh off Contrast: make much of … Словарь американских идиом
make light of — verb To regard without due seriousness; to joke or disregard inappropriately. I wish you wouldnt make light of the matter, when it obviously means a great deal to him … Wiktionary
make light work of doing sth — make light work of (doing) sth ► to do something quickly or easily: »Workers from the second shift stayed late so we were able to make light work of unloading the deliveries. Main Entry: ↑light … Financial and business terms
make light work of sth — make light work of (doing) sth ► to do something quickly or easily: »Workers from the second shift stayed late so we were able to make light work of unloading the deliveries. Main Entry: ↑light … Financial and business terms
make light of — Synonyms and related words: be blind to, be caught out, be inattentive, be unwary, belittle, blink at, connive at, cool it, de emphasize, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, disregard, downplay, give no heed, go easy, hear nothing, ignore, let pass … Moby Thesaurus
To make light of — Light Light, a. [Compar. {Lighter} (l[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Lightest}.] [OE. light, liht, AS. l[=i]ht, le[ o]ht; akin to D. ligt, G. leicht, OHG. l[=i]hti, Icel. l[=e]ttr, Dan. let, Sw. l[ a]tt, Goth. leihts, and perh. to L. levis (cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To make light of — make make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
