take as an insult

Most of the best things anyone’s ever said about Azoff are statements a man of less-bizarre spirit would take as an insult.

NBC Universal, however, sees more business potential in rebranding the channel as “an upscale Bravo for men,” which, despite the amount of actual Bravo I watch myself, I will endeavor not to take as an insult.

The U.S. ambassador to Chile said that Pinochet might take as an insult any inference that he was connected with assassination plots.

So what you might think is funny, somebody else might take as an insult.

John has all his life showed himself a friend to civil and religious liberty, especially that of the Roman Catholics--and would gladly never have been called upon to say a word that they could take as an insult to their creed.