make a spectacle of



make a spectacle of yourself

to do something that attracts people's attention and makes you look stupid She did not scream and shout or otherwise make a spectacle of herself.
Related vocabulary: make a fool of yourself
See also: make, of, spectacle

make a spectacle of yourself

to do something that makes you look stupid and attracts other people's attention I wasn't going to make a spectacle of myself by dancing with my grandma!
See also: make, of, spectacle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cadwalader-Welsh
Emilianoe-mee-LYAH-noSpanish, Italian
JevgeŅIjs-Latvian
RupertRUY-pərt (Dutch), ROO-pərt (English), RUW-pert (Polish)German, Dutch, English, Polish
Celeste[sə'lest]
AleksiAH-lek-seeFinnish