贻笑大方

yíxiàodàfāng

make a laughingstock of oneself before experts; incur the ridicule of experts

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make a laughingstock of oneself before experts

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make a laughingstock of oneself before experts

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yi2 xiao4 da4 fang1

to make a fool of oneself, to make oneself a laughing stock

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贻笑大方

yí xiào dà fāng

expose oneself to ridicule; be laughed at by (the) experts; be laughed at by those who know; become a laughingstock of the learned people; give an expert cause for laughter; incur the ridicule of experts; laughed at by all respectable people; make laughingstock of oneself:

我是个外行， 我说的话可能贻笑大方， 可我还是要说几句。 I'm a layman. What I'm going to say may expose myself to ridicule, yet I still want to say a few words.

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貽笑大方|贻笑大方 [yí xiào dà fāng] ► to make a fool of oneself ► to make oneself a laughing stock