| gen. |
dismiss the matter with a joke (В.И.Макаров); laugh off (something / от чего-либо); put off with a jest (Anglophile); joke something away (DRE); joke one's way out of unpleasant situation (DRE); laugh it off (В.И.Макаров); laugh off (от неловкости, смущения В.И.Макаров); laugh the matter off (В.И.Макаров); make a joke in reply (В.И.Макаров); downplay something with a joke (Jankos was receiving the same type of response from his audience, but he ignored it, or downplayed it with a joke. 4uzhoj) |
