Make sport of (someone or something) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "make sport of (someone or something)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-08-18 10:08

Meaning of Make sport of (someone or something)

Synonyms:

make fun of somebody/something

Make sport of (someone or something) phrase

To make jokes about someone/something and laugh at them in an unkind way.
 

 

It's not funny at all. Don't ever make sport of the disabled like that.

I made sport of his name in front of the class, but my friends seemed unresponsive to my jokes and looked at me contemptuously.

At first, they made sport of his theory, but they were all embarrassed when that theory was proved.

Other phrases about:

laugh in someone's face

To openly show ridicule or contempt for someone by literally laughing in front of them

poke mullock at (someone or something)

To ridicule or make fun of someone or something

take the piss (out of) (someone or something)

1. To mock someone or something.
2. To be annoying or unfair. 

 


 

roast snow in a furnace

To try a impossible, often ridiculous task

fuck around with (someone or something)

1. To tease or deceive someone, usually by convincing them of something that is not true

2. To be rude with someone or to make things unpleasant for them

Grammar and Usage of Make sport of (someone or something)

Verb Forms

  • made sport of (someone or something)
  • making sport of (someone or something)

The verb "make" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Make sport of (someone or something)

The origin of this phrase is not clear.
 

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