make an exhibition of oneself

make an exhibition of oneself

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Verb

make an exhibition of oneself

1. (idiomatic, Britain) To embarrass oneself or others in public by behaving foolishly.

   She had far too much to drink and made an exhibition of herself by flirting with everyone.

Synonyms

• (to embarrass oneself in public): make a fool of oneself, make a spectacle of oneself (US)

Translations

to embarrass oneself in public

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: излагам се (izlagam se) Chinese: Mandarin: 出洋相 (zh) (chū yángxiàng) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: zichzelf voor gek zetten Finnish: munata itsensä French: se couvrir de ridicule German: sich zum Narren machen, sich blamieren (de)

Hungarian: nevetségessé teszi magát Italian: rendersi ridicolo, dare spettacolo Japanese: 恥をさらす (はじをさらす, haji o sarasu) Polish: robić z siebie widowisko impf, zrobić z siebie widowisko pf Portuguese: pagar mico (pt), dar vexame Russian: де́лать из себя́ посме́шище impf (délatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče), позо́риться (ru) impf (pozóritʹsja) Spanish: hacer el ridículo Swedish: göra bort sig