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take a joke
Thesaurus| Verb | 1.take a joke - listen to a joke at one's own expense; "Can't you take a joke?"brook, endure, tolerate, stomach, abide, bear, digest, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, support - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
Translationsjoke (dʒəuk) noun1. anything said or done to cause laughter. He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost. 笑話 笑话2. something that causes laughter or amusement. The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish. 笑料 笑料 verb1. to make a joke or jokes. They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards. 開玩笑 开玩笑2. to talk playfully and not seriously. Don't be upset by what he said – he was only joking. 說笑 开玩笑ˈjoker noun1. in a pack of playing-cards, an extra card (usually having a picture of a jester) used in some games. (撲克牌)鬼牌 （纸牌）百搭，王牌 2. a person who enjoys telling jokes, playing tricks etc. 愛開玩笑的人 爱开玩笑的人ˈjokingly adverbHe looked out at the rain and jokingly suggested a walk. 開玩笑地 开玩笑地it's no joke it is a serious or worrying matter. It's no joke when water gets into the petrol tank. 不是鬧著玩的 不是开玩笑的事joking apart/aside let us stop joking and talk seriously. I feel like going to Timbuctoo for the weekend – but, joking apart, I do need a rest! 言歸正傳 言归正传take a joke to be able to accept or laugh at a joke played on oneself. The trouble with him is that he can't take a joke. 經得起玩笑 经得起开玩笑take a joke
take a jokeTo have the capacity to remain calm or be amused in response to good-natured teasing. I'm certainly able to take a joke, but what you said to me was downright mean. A: "Do you think he'll be offended if I say something about his terrible driving?" B: "Nah, he can take a joke."See also: joke, taketake a jokeAccept teasing at one's own expense, as in Sam really couldn't take a joke. This idiom, often put negatively, was first recorded in 1780. Also see take it. See also: joke, taketake a ˈjoke find a joke or trick which is played on you amusing and accept it: He didn’t think it was funny at all when we put that pin on his chair. He really can’t take a joke, can he?See also: joke, takeEncyclopediaSeeJoketake a joke
Words related to take a jokeverb listen to a joke at one's own expenseRelated Words- brook
- endure
- tolerate
- stomach
- abide
- bear
- digest
- stick out
- suffer
- put up
- stand
- support
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