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.
Antonym: MAKE MUCH 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.
Antonym: MAKE MUCH OF.
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012