"Make a fool out of" nghĩa là gì?

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"Make a fool out of someone" -> nghĩa là khiến ai đó trở nên ngu ngốc, nực cười.

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“If he puts in a couple of bad runs, he’ll be finished. I’m not going to make a fool out of him and send him around to run terribly (quá chừng),” she said. “That’s not fair to him because he’s been too good of a horse to do that to.”

When I started fly fishing (câu cá bằng ruồi nhân tạo), I knew less than nothing about the sport, and everything about it made me nervous. I didn’t want to make a fool out of myself, and didn’t know who to ask for help. Luckily, I found a few fly fishers I could trust, and who walked me through even the most basic of tasks.

"So they (the UNC) could send them (PDP) money, lumber (gỗ xẻ) and galvanise (mạ kẽm), and I want to see how many roofs they will fix between now and August 10," the Prime Minister said. "But all of that is to make a fool out of you," he added.

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