Usage examples of "laughingstock" in English with translation to Russian

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It would make you a laughingstock, son. Это сделало бы тебя посмешищем, сынок.
We'll be the laughingstock of the boardwalk. Мы будем посмешищем этого дощатого настила.
He writes that our efforts to discredit the Admiralty have resulted in our making the name of Winslow a laughingstock. Он пишет, что все наши попытки дескридитировать Адмиралтейство приведут только к тому, что имя Уинслоу станет посмешищем.
In a united effort, a major crisis that would have openly divided the Union for years to come and which would have made Europe a global laughingstock was averted. Совместными усилиями удалось избежать крупного кризиса, который бы чётко разделил Союз на долгие годы и сделал бы Европу посмешищем для всего мира.
When Professor Malegapuru Makgoba, South Africa’s leading black immunologist, warned that the president’s policies would make South Africa a laughingstock in the world of science, Mbeki’s office accused him of defending racist Western ideas. Когда профессор Малегапуру Макгоба, ведущий иммунолог в ЮАР, предостерёг о том, что данная стратегия президента сделает Южную Африку посмешищем в научном мире, ведомственные органы Мбеки обвинили его в защите расистских западных идей.
Ron became the laughingstock of the prison yard. Рон стал посмещищем в тюремном дворе.
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