- make little of
- 1) (to treat as unimportant etc: He made little of his injuries.) faire peu de cas de qqch.2) (not to be able to understand: I could make little of his instructions.) ne pas comprendre grand chose à
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make little of — index decry, depreciate, derogate, minimize, misprize Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make little of — {v. phr.} To make (something) seem unimportant; belittle. * /Mary made little of Jane s new bicycle because she was jealous./ * /Tom made little of his saving the drowning boy./ Contrast: MAKE MUCH OF … Dictionary of American idioms
make little of — {v. phr.} To make (something) seem unimportant; belittle. * /Mary made little of Jane s new bicycle because she was jealous./ * /Tom made little of his saving the drowning boy./ Contrast: MAKE MUCH OF … Dictionary of American idioms
To make little 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 cause to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Little Haiti, Miami, Florida — Little Haiti or La Petite Haïti, is a neighborhood in the City of Miami, Florida. In the early 1900s, a small farming community, Lemon City, developed in this area, but it was a city only in name. The area had many lemon groves from where the… … Wikipedia
little — littlish /lit l ish, lit lish/, adj. littleness, n. /lit l/, adj., littler or less or lesser, littlest or least, adv., less, least, n. adj … Universalium
Little Silver, New Jersey — Infobox Settlement official name = Little Silver, New Jersey settlement type = Borough nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Map of Little Silver in Monmouth… … Wikipedia
make light of — Synonyms and related words: be blind to, be caught out, be inattentive, be unwary, belittle, blink at, connive at, cool it, de emphasize, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, disregard, downplay, give no heed, go easy, hear nothing, ignore, let pass … Moby Thesaurus
make nothing of — Synonyms and related words: be at sea, be lost, belittle, de emphasize, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, downplay, give up, make light of, make little of, minimize, misestimate, misprize, not understand, pass, play down, sell short, set at… … Moby Thesaurus
little — See: A LITTLE, A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW, LITTLE FROG IN A BIG POND, MAKE LITTLE OF, NOT A LITTLE, QUITE A LITTLE or QUITE A LITTLE BIT, THINK LITTLE OF, TWIST AROUND ONE S LITTLE FINGER … Dictionary of American idioms
