Idiom
make a spectacle of oneself
Meaning
To conspicuously embarrass oneself or others in public.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please stop shouting or you will make a spectacle of yourself.”
“He had too much to drink at the party and started making a spectacle of himself in front of his boss.”
“By engaging in such a loud and public argument, she inadvertently made a spectacle of herself, drawing the unwanted attention of everyone in the restaurant.”
Examples
simple
“Please stop shouting or you will make a spectacle of yourself.”
contextual
“He had too much to drink at the party and started making a spectacle of himself in front of his boss.”
complex
“By engaging in such a loud and public argument, she inadvertently made a spectacle of herself, drawing the unwanted attention of everyone in the restaurant.”
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