make a spectacle of oneself

English

WOTD – 21 March 2016

Pronunciation

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Verb

make a spectacle of oneself

1. (idiomatic, originally 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

• make a fool of oneself, make an exhibition of oneself (UK), make a show of oneself (Ireland)

See also

• make a scene

Translations

To embarrass oneself or others in public

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出洋相 (zh) (chū yángxiàng)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: een belachelijk figuur slaan
• Finnish: munata itsensä
• French: se donner en spectacle (fr), s’offrir en spectacle (fr)
• German: sich zum Affen machen (de); sich lächerlich machen; eine lächerliche Figur abgeben; unangenehm auffallen
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• Hungarian: nevetségessé teszi magát
• Italian: dare spettacolo di sé, farsi ridere dietro
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: pagar mico (pt)
• Russian: сде́лать из себя́ посме́шище (sdélatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče)
• Spanish: hacer el ridículo, dar la nota (es)
• Swedish: göra bort sig