make allowances for someone

成語所屬單字allowance

make allowances for someone — 慣用語

1. to judge a person's mistake or poor behaviour less harshly because you understan

1.慣用語
釋義

體諒某人,不嚴厲苛責

to judge a person's mistake or poor behaviour less harshly because you understand a hard situation they are in.

例句

The judges made allowances for Aisha because she was performing with a sprained wrist.

Try to make allowances for your father; he is still grieving over Grandpa.