Make an ass of oneself
鬧笑話,出洋相
?? 詞語組成解析
make
[mek]
vt. 做，制造;生產，制定;使成為;使產生;
vi. 開始;嘗試;行進;增大;
n. 制造;生產量;性格;形狀，樣式;
an
[?n]
art. 一（在元音字母前代替不定代詞a）;一任一某一;一個;
ass
[?s]
n. 驢子;屁股;愚蠢的人;
of
[?v]
prep. 關于;屬于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助動詞 [非標準用語、方言] =have [主用于虛擬語氣];
oneself
[w?n's?lf]
pron. 自己，自身;親自，自行;其;親手;
??? 情景例句
and they lived in New York.
而他們住在紐約。
No wonder everyone speak highly of your commercial integrity.
難怪大家都極為推崇你們的商業信譽。
So their entry into this flat was apparently not the burglars' first job that day and they must have been disturbed.
很明顯，闖進這套公寓的竊賊那天并不是首次作案，而且他一定受了驚嚇。