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take it lightly

take it lightly

Date: May 16 2002

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“Doing this movie made me think about motherhood a lot. I don’t take it as lightly as I used to.”
- Drew Barrymore, actor and movie producer, talking about starring in the movie Riding in Cars with Boys.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

do something without thinking, do something without considering its importance, think something is trivial, think something is not important

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

You can use “take it lightly” when you’re talking about something that you don’t take seriously. For example, if you play sports, but you don’t really care if you win or lose, you take sports lightly. Or, if you decide not to study for your math test, you’re taking your test lightly.
The most common way to use “take it lightly” is as a negative statement. For example, people will often say that they “don’t take (something) lightly.” However, they will rarely say, “I take (something) lightly.”

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

””When my best friend tells me she’s angry, I don’t take it lightly. I listen to everything she has to say.”“

””Jeremy is very competitive. When his team lost the soccer game, he did not take it lightly.”“

””If you would stop taking school so lightly you’d do a lot better. You need to start getting serious.”“

””Michele’s dog died last week and she’s not taking it lightly. She’s very sad.”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

To take something lightly” means that you do something without thinking how important it’d be.
by Alfonso (Granada, Spain)
“To take it lightly” means to consider something only superficially, without giving it the importance it deserves, being not aware of its true meaning.
by Nicoletta (Italy)
Take it lightly means that it’s not given the real importance to a fact as it was expected to be given to it.
by Ana (São Palo, Brazil)
Take it lightly: to consider something easy to conduct or to get through.
by Fábio (São Caetano do Sul, Brasil)
I think that “take it lightly” maybe means someone not put any attention on something, or not think it important.
by Cora (Nanjin, China)
It means that you think something is easy, actually it is not as easy as you have thought.
by kdd (China)
I think “take it lightly” means “take it easy” or “treat something a little bit indifferently”.
by Wendy (Beijing, China)
I think that it means you do not take (it), something seriously. You do not think it deserves the most of your attention.
by Lonwabo

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Narein

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07:34 AM Dec 22 2007 |

Nina Bai

China

i think it’s means pay less attention or just ignore sth

02:05 AM May 10 2007 |

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