- 物笑い
- ものわらい【物笑い】¶近所の~の種the scorn of the neighborhood¶ → 物笑いの種になる¶人の~になるようなことをするlay oneself open to ridicule.* * *ものわらい【物笑い】a laughingstock; a (standing) joke [jest]; a byword.
●世間の物笑い a laughingstock to the world; a public joke.
●物笑いになる become [be made] a laughingstock [butt for ridicule]; be laughed at; be pilloried
・そんな服装をしたら町中の物笑いになってしまう. If you dress up like that, you'll be the laughingstock of the whole town.
●物笑いの種 a laughingstock; an object of derision; a joking matter; a butt for ridicule.
●あの男は近所の物笑いだ. The whole neighborhood laughs at him.
・今度の水泳のインストラクターは生徒の間で物笑いとなっている. 経験がなさすぎるから. The new swimming instructor is a bit of a joke among his students: he is too inexperienced.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.