take a joke
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Ted Sarandos has been known to take a joke; we may find out if Ellison can.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
In reality, she was dealing with a short-tempered narcissist who cannot take a joke.
From Salon • May 1, 2023
All the target has to do is understand that; she just needs to lighten up, take a joke, accept the compliment, grasp the lesson.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2023
Lawyers for the toy’s maker, Arizona-based VIP Products, told the high court that Jack Daniel’s can’t take a joke.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022
“Orchids to you and razzberries to those presumably intelligent Americans who can’t take a joke when it’s on themselves….Yours until the Martians come.”
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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