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(idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.

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laughing stock

Source Word

laughing stock

idiomatic

(idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.

Japanese Meaning

笑いもの：公然と嘲笑される対象の人や物。誰かの冗談や嘲りの対象となる存在。

After his proposal failed, he became the laughing stock of the committee.

提案が失敗した後、彼は委員会の笑い者になった。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.

Pray you let us not be

laughing-stocks to other men's humours.

laughing stocks

（ plural ）