make a joke about something—tell ridiculous things about smth. so as to cause fun:
- Adam is able to make good jokes about Cambridge.
make a joke of something—
1. turn smth. into a joke:
- “Oh, it’s you, Mr. Wormold. I was just thinking of you. Talk of the devil,” he said, making a joke of it.
2. treat smth. lightly or as a joke:
- She could have panicked, but instead she made a joke of the whole thing.