make a spectacle of oneself

English

Verb

make a spectacle of oneself

1. (idiomatic, US) To embarrass oneself or others in public
   • She had far too much to drink and made a spectacle of herself by flirting with everyone.

Synonyms

• (to embarrass oneself in public): make a fool of oneself, make an exhibition of oneself (UK)

Translations

To embarrass oneself or others in public

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出洋相 (cmn) (chū yángxiàng)

• Dutch: een belachelijk figuur slaan (nl) n
• Finnish: munata itsensä (fi)
• German: unangenehm auffallen (de)
• Hungarian: nevetségessé teszi magát (hu)
• Italian: dare spettacolo di sé (it), farsi ridere dietro (it)
• Russian: сделать из себя посмешище (ru) (sdélat' iz sebjá posméšišče)

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