take a joke

A woman who could reach out for that last high note and teach it to take a joke.

But he made the children lie down on the floor, which they took as a fine joke.

Even as a child he hadn't been one to take a joke.

Why couldn't they just take a joke and laugh it off?

Well, really, this is taking a joke a bit too far.

It wasn't his fault if people couldn't take a joke.

Excellence is out of the question, and nobody can take a joke.

He said some people just could not take a joke.

Her problem is, she can't take a joke, he thought.

"I thought you could take a joke," she said when he was behind her and had led the horse away from the house.