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To embarrass oneself or others in public.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, idiomatic
Examples
- Will you stop singing, please? You're making a show of yourself.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
出洋相
(chū yángxiàng)
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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Dutch:
een belachelijk figuur slaan
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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Finnish:
munata itsensä
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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French:
se faire remarquer
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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French:
se donner en spectacle
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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German:
sich zum Affen machen
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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German:
sich lächerlich machen
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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German:
eine lächerliche Figur abgeben
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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German:
unangenehm auffallen
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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Hungarian:
nevetségessé teszi magát
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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Italian:
dare spettacolo
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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Italian:
farsi ridere dietro
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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Portuguese:
pagar mico
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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Russian:
сде́лать из себя́ посме́шище
(sdélatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče)
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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Spanish:
hacer el ridículo
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
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Swedish:
göra bort sig
— To embarrass oneself or others in public
