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laughing stock

idiom

An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.


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Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    burst out laughing

    To start laughing suddenly and intensely.

  2. 02

    laughing tackle

    Teeth.

  3. 03

    stock phrase

    A phrase frequently or habitually used by a person or group, and thus associated with them.

  4. 04

    take stock

    To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation.

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