make+light+of
21make light of — treat as of little importance, minimize My friend made light of my efforts to learn how to speak and write Chinese …
22make light of — treat as unimportant. → light something up …
23make light work of someone — make short/light/quick/work of someone phrase to defeat an opponent quickly and easily Thesaurus: to defeat someone in a game, competition or argumentsynonym Main entry: work …
24To 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.… …
25To 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… …
26make light work — If a person makes light work of something, they do it very easily or with little effort. After the party, the boys made light work of the cleaning up. The house was spotless in no time …
27make light work of — If a person makes light work of something, they do it very easily or with little effort. The boys made light work of the cleaning up. The house was spotless in no time …
28make light work of — accomplish quickly and easily. → light something up …
29make light of — phrasal to treat as of little account …
30make light of — act as if something is unimportant; laugh at, belittle …
