Example
“The manager made light of the outage, even though customers were furious.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
see the light of day
Neutral · CEFR B2
be created, published, or finally made available for people to see
light at the end of the tunnel
Neutral · CEFR B2
A sign that a difficult period may soon improve or end.
make light work of
Neutral · CEFR B2
to handle a demanding task quickly and effortlessly
fall on deaf ears
Neutral · CEFR B2
to be ignored without producing any response or acknowledgment
neither here nor there
Neutral · CEFR B2
irrelevant to the matter being discussed
watch this space
Informal · CEFR B2
used to say that more news or developments will come soon
Source methodology
Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.