Idiom
make a show of oneself
Meaning
To embarrass oneself or others in public.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please do not make a show of yourself at the party.”
“He drank too much at the wedding and started to make a show of himself in front of the guests.”
“By shouting at the waiter over a minor mistake, he made a show of himself and caused everyone at the table to feel deeply uncomfortable.”
Examples
simple
“Please do not make a show of yourself at the party.”
contextual
“He drank too much at the wedding and started to make a show of himself in front of the guests.”
complex
“By shouting at the waiter over a minor mistake, he made a show of himself and caused everyone at the table to feel deeply uncomfortable.”
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