make a scene | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To bring unnecessaryattentionto oneself, especially through a public expression of tumultuous emotion.1814,Elizabeth Hervey,Amabel; or, Memoirs of a Woman of Fashion‎[1], volume 2, part 8,London: Henry Colburn, page287:I saw, though he tried to conceal it, that he was very much hurt at your behaviour, and I was sure, by his looks, that he did not think my jealous apprehension groundless; however, he protested he did, and persuaded me not tomake a sceneby arriving her in the middle of the night[…]1893,Henry James, “The Real Thing”, inThe Real Thing and Other Tales‎[2],New York:Macmillan, page25:The next time I saw Miss Churm after this incident she surprised me greatly bymaking a sceneabout it—she accused me of having wished to humiliate her.1935,Christopher Isherwood, chapter 3, inMr Norris Changes Trains‎[3],Penguin, published1961, page32:She snuggled against me, while from the other side a boy was amateurishly trying to pick my pocket. I opened my mouth to protest, but thought better of it. Whymake a sceneat the end of such an enjoyable evening?2003, Michael Berry, transl.,To Live‎[4],New York:Knopf Doubleday, translation of活着[Huózhe] byYu Hua, page125:This time I had really hurt my son. Youqing wasn’t upset because I had hit him, but because I hadmade a scenein front of so many of his teachers and classmates.

Examples:

EN: For Heaven's sake, don't make a scene!
ES: ¡Por el amor del cielo, no me montes una escena!
EN: Mister MacBright suggests that you forget you're an actress, and asks you not to make a scene.
ES: El señor MacBright sugiere que olvides que eres una actriz y te pide que no hagas una escena aquí.
EN: Now... now, Joan... don't make a scene.
ES: Ahora, Joan, no hagas una escena.
EN: That's right, now, Joan. You mustn't make a scene.
ES: Sí, eso es, Joan, no debes hacer una escena.
EN: She won't make a scene.
ES: No hará ninguna escena.
EN: Oh, I know. You expected me to cry my eyes out. To make a scene.
ES: Esperabas que empezara a llorar y montara el numerito.
EN: Tony, don't make a scene here.
ES: - Tony, no hagas una escena aquí.
EN: If you don't invite them within five minutes after they arrive I'll walk in and make a scene that Shakespeare couldn't top.
ES: Y si no los invitas cinco minutos después de que lleguen entraré y haré una escena que Shakespeare no podría superar.
EN: - Don't make a scene here in the street.
ES: - No montes una escena en la calle.
EN: I didn't mean To make a scene with Vic, But I could have knocked His dirty, rotten block off.
ES: No quise hacer una escena con Vic, pero podría haberle machacado.
EN: He'll make a scene.
ES: Hará una escena.
EN: Wayne, dear, I'm not going to make a scene.
ES: Wayne, querido, no voy a montar una escena.
EN: Come on, don't make a scene.
ES: Vamos, no haga una escena.
EN: Don't make a scene.
ES: No hagamos una escena.
EN: But you are not going to make a scene there I hope?
ES: ¿No le harás un escena allí?

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