make a mockery of | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,transitive)Tomock; toridiculeorimitate, often to expresscontempt.2011September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, inBBC‎[1]:After Gervinho had been brilliantly denied an early shot on goal by Mats Hummels' outstretched boot, the German championsmade a mockery oftheir fourth-seeding in this season's group-stage draw.; Togive a bad name, to act in such a way as to bring ridicule upon that which one represents.1982December 11, Ann Gluck, “Common Struggle”, inGay Community News, volume10, number21, page 4:The Begin regime hasmade a mockery ofthe slogan "Never Again," which to me means a determination to work against another Holocaust occurring against the Jewsor any other people.2023November 1, Philip Haigh, “TPE must choose the right route to a brighter future”, inRAIL, number995, page56:This is also a TransPennine Express service whichmakes a mockery ofthe word 'express'.; (idiomatic,transitive)Todefeateasily, so as toshow upasinadequate.The burglarsmade a mockery ofthe museum's security system.2018December 1, Drachinifel, 7:51 from the start, inAnti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron‎[2], archived fromthe originalon29 November 2024:[…]and this squadron would include various steamships thatmadefurthermockery ofthe sail-powered slave ships' attempts to evade them.

Examples:

EN: That she'd make a mockery of justice and a fool of the man defending her?
ES: ¿Qué se hubiera burlado de la justicia y de su abogado?
EN: I insist that you stop trying to make a mockery of this trial!
ES: Insisto en que deje de burlarse de este tribunal.
EN: If you think you can make a mockery of Yardley Publications, you're mistaken.
ES: Si quiere hacer de mis publicaciones una basura está muy equivocada.
EN: Better to die while you're still a legend than to live long enough to make a mockery of that legend.
ES: Mejor morir mientras aún se es una leyenda que vivir demasiado para ser una burla de esa leyenda.
EN: This woman has deliberately trying to make a mockery of this court.
ES: Esta mujer deliberadamente intenta convertir a esta corte en una farsa.
EN: But I ain't gonna make a mockery of law and order.
ES: Pero no pueden burlarse de la ley y el orden.
EN: If this obscene canker spreads, it'll make a mockery of the House of Commons.
ES: Si esto se divulga, será la burla de la Cámara de los Comunes.
EN: They try to be like us and they just make a mockery of death.
ES: Intentan ser como nosotros y sólo son una parodia de la muerte.
EN: This man is trying to make a mockery of justice as he has done all his life.
ES: Está intentando burlar a la justicia, como hizo toda su vida.
EN: Probably came down to make a mockery of our ceremony too.
ES: Tal vez haya venido a ver la representación de la fiesta.
EN: You're here to dishonor the house of an unhappy man, to make a mockery of a man fallen into a serious disgrace, who got the hearing and the voice loss during the bombing of San Lorenzo quarter!
ES: ¡Has venido a deshonrar el hogar de una persona infeliz, a burlarte de un hombre que ha sufrido graves desgracias, que ha perdido la audición y el habla durante el bombardeo del barrio de San Lorenzo!
EN: How long will this room make a mockery of this company?
ES: ¿Cuánto se va a estar burlando esta oficina de la empresa?
EN: They make a mockery of the Crown!
ES: ¡Se están mofando de la Corona!
EN: I forbid you to make a mockery of this country's laws.
ES: - Creo en la igualdad. Le prohíbo despreciar las leyes judiciales de este país.
EN: You may not speak without one and thus make a mockery of this court.
ES: - Ellos no pueden hablar sin y así hacer burla de este tribunal.

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