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1 a face de ocară...
to (put to) shameto cry shame upon...to cry fie upon...to bring discredit on... -
2 a da de ruşine pe cineva
to put smb. to shameto cover smb. with disgraceto bring discredit upon smb.( a învinge) to get the better of smb.( a arăta că minte) to give smb. the lie.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a da de ruşine pe cineva
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3 a face de râs pe cineva
1. to turn smb. into ridicule.2. to disgrace smb.to put smb. to shameto hold up smb. to derision / ridiculeto lay smb. on the gridiron.
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put to shame — To disgrace, esp by excelling • • • Main Entry: ↑shame * * * put (someone or something) to shame : to be much better than (someone or something) Her art project put mine to shame. [=her art project was much better than mine] • • • Main Entry:… … Useful english dictionary
put to shame — ► put to shame shame (someone) by outdoing or surpassing them. Main Entry: ↑shame … English terms dictionary
put to shame — index brand (stigmatize), denigrate, humiliate, pillory, reproach, sully Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
put to shame — defeated very badly, feel ashamed of losing Our baseball team was put to shame by the Cubans: 11 0 … English idioms
To put to shame — Shame Shame, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk[ o]mm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
put to shame — put (someone) to shame to cause someone to be embarrassed. I thought I was in pretty good shape for hiking, but Astrid, who is in her 70s, put me to shame … New idioms dictionary
put to shame — Shame, abash, mortify, make ashamed, put to the blush, put out of countenance, put down … New dictionary of synonyms
put to shame — {v. phr.} 1. To disgrace. * /The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame./ * /That filthy dump puts our town to shame./ 2. To do much better than surpass. * /Einstein put other physicists to shame when he proved his theory of… … Dictionary of American idioms
put to shame — {v. phr.} 1. To disgrace. * /The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame./ * /That filthy dump puts our town to shame./ 2. To do much better than surpass. * /Einstein put other physicists to shame when he proved his theory of… … Dictionary of American idioms
put\ to\ shame — v. phr. 1. To disgrace. The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame. That filthy dump puts our town to shame. 2. To do much better than surpass. Einstein put other physicists to shame when he proved his theory of relativity… … Словарь американских идиом
put to shame — these new materials put our old plastics to shame Syn: outshine, outclass, eclipse, surpass, excel, outstrip, outdo, put in the shade, upstage; informal run rings around … Thesaurus of popular words