[Idiom] What Do You Make Of It?

[CaseyA]

If someone asked me about something and said:

What do you make of it?

could my answer begin with:

"I make (it) that.....

 

[5jj]

No.

I think, I reckon, I ('d) guess, my guess is that, ...

 

[BobK]

Or even just go straight into the answer: 'Nothing much/No idea/Probably nothing to worry about/Good idea, let's do it/Sounds OK to me...'*

b

PS * On re-reading, I realized that my examples might be thought to suggest that 'What do you make of it?' invites a negative answer. Of course it doesn't.

 

[Ouisch]

Upon occasion, you might encounter a wise guy who has seen Airplane! more than once and will respond to "what do you make of this?" like Johnny does at 00:21 in this clip. :roll: Just a warning....it seems I get a similarly jokey response whenever I ask this particular question.