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1 make a fool of
• nolata• pitää narrinaan* * *(to make (someone) appear ridiculous or stupid: He made a real fool of her by promising to marry her and then leaving her when he had spent all her money.) nolata -
2 make a fool of oneself
(to act in such a way that people consider one ridiculous or stupid: She made a fool of herself at the party.) nolata itsensä -
3 fool
• tollo• tomppeli• ilkkua• höhlä• hölmö• idiootti• ilveillä• ilveilijä• jujuttaa• jymäyttää• tyhmyri• typerys• hassutella• hullu s.• hupakko• huijata• huiputtaa• hullu• houkka• hullutella• houkkio• hupsu• hupsutella• vetää huulesta• eksyttää• valehdella• puijata• puhua palturia• puhua pötyä• kiisseli• kaistapää• narrata• narri• peijata• pettää• petkuttaa• ääliö• älykääpiö• laskea luikuria• pitää narrinaan* * *fu:l 1. noun(a person without sense or intelligence: He is such a fool he never knows what to do.) typerys2. verb1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) vetää nenästä2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) pelleillä•- foolish- foolishly
- foolishness
- foolhardy
- foolhardiness
- foolproof
- make a fool of
- make a fool of oneself
- play the fool
См. также в других словарях:
make a fool of yourself — phrase to make yourself seem stupid by behaving in a silly or embarrassing way He made a fool of himself by turning up drunk to a TV chat show. Thesaurus: to behave in a silly waysynonym to be, or to become ashamed or embarrassedsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
make a fool of — 1. To cause (someone) to look ridiculous or stupid 2. To humiliate or dupe 3. To disappoint • • • Main Entry: ↑fool make a fool of see under ↑fool1 • • • Main Entry: ↑make * * * … Useful english dictionary
make a fool of yourself — make a fool of (yourself) to do something which makes you appear ridiculous. If you re afraid to make a fool of yourself, you will never be a successful performer. My former husband thought it was fun to make a fool of me. Related vocabulary:… … New idioms dictionary
make a fool of — (yourself) to do something which makes you appear ridiculous. If you re afraid to make a fool of yourself, you will never be a successful performer. My former husband thought it was fun to make a fool of me. Related vocabulary: make a spectacle… … New idioms dictionary
make a fool (out) of someone — phrase to deliberately make someone seem stupid, for example by tricking them I felt that Sally had made a complete fool of me. Thesaurus: to cheat or trick someonesynonym Main entry: fool … Useful english dictionary
make a fool out of — make a fool (out) of : to cause (someone) to look stupid or foolish She made a fool of me by insulting me in front of my friends. • • • Main Entry: ↑fool … Useful english dictionary
make a fool of somebody — make a ˈfool of sb idiom to say or do sth deliberately so that people will think that sb is stupid • Can t you see she s making a fool of you? • I will not be made a fool of like this. Main entry: ↑foolidiom … Useful english dictionary
make a fool of — index delude, dupe, hoodwink, humiliate, illude, mock (deride) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
make a fool of — trick or deceive (someone) so that they look foolish. ↘(make a fool of oneself) appear foolish through incompetent or inappropriate behaviour. → fool … English new terms dictionary
To make a fool of — Fool Fool, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.] 1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
make a fool of — make fun of, mock, laugh at … English contemporary dictionary
