open oneself to criticism

to do something that makes one vulnerable to criticism. By saying something so stupid in public, you really opened yourself to criticism.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Obrad	-	Serbian
Bevis	BEE-vis	English (Rare)
FinnÉN	-	Irish
Anastasie	a-na-sta-ZEE	French
Seung	suwng	Korean
Elijah	i-LIE-jə (English), i-LIE-zhə (English)	English, Hebrew, Biblical