Gallows humour meaning
What does the saying 'Gallows humour' mean?
Idiom: Gallows humour
Meaning:
If people try to make fun or laugh when things are very frightening, dangerous, life-threatening or hopeless, it is gallows humour (or "gallows humor").
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