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make an exhibition of

oneself to show off; to try to get a lot of attention for oneself. She is not just dancing, she is making an exhibition of herself. Whenever Rudy drinks, he makes an exhibition of himself.

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make an exhibition of yourself

to do something that makes you look stupid and attracts other people's attention If he keeps on drinking he's going to end up making an exhibition of himself!

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make an exhibition of oneself

Show off or otherwise embarrass oneself in public, as in When Mike has too much to drink he's apt to make an exhibition of himself. The first recorded use of this term was in Charles Dickens's A Child's History of England (1853).

See also: exhibition, make, of