Phrase

Make Light Of

Meaning:

Inserting humor into a serious situation in an attempt to soften the importance of it. Treating a serious situation in a trivial way.

Examples:

  • I'm just trying to make light of a bad situation.
  • The way people make light of their lives!
  • You make light of your life!
  • My husband tried to make light of it, but he insisted.
  • I do not want to make light of your pain.
  • But, it's not good to make light of someone's misfortune.
  • You must not make light of the boy's strength.
  • How dare you make light of that brutal...?
  • Trying to make light of a dark situation.
  • I wasn't trying to make light of what you went through.