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German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | |||||||
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5 | to make one the subject of ridicule. |
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4 | they'll think your're a right doofus |
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3 | laughing stock |
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dummes Brot |
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they'll think your're a right doofus Explanation: or complete/real doofus. No one will have trouble understanding that one... Gotta love this line: "She's a doofus for marrying him, but god, I love emeralds.." http://althouse.blogspot.com/2006/09/there-may-come-time-whe... |
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laughing stock Explanation: fool, simpleton, dolt, dunce, blockhead, nincompoop, ninny, numskull, ignoramus, booby, sap, dunderhead, droll, merry-andrew, others I can't think of right now |
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to make one the subject of ridicule. Explanation: It is about getting teased by others. To become material for their taunting, ie 'eat you up'. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 32 days (2017-05-02 00:02:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- to make oneself* the subject of ridicule. Example sentence(s):
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Reference: dummes Brot Reference information: https://www.welt.de/kultur/article5836884/Wie-konnte-das-Bro... |
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