be the butt of somethingMAKE FUN OFto be the person or thing that other people often make jokes about 成为…的笑柄 Paul quickly became the butt of everyone’s jokes. 保罗很快成了大家的笑柄。
be the butt of something• Unfortunately for Ted, he's become the butt of jokes around the office.• He never dreamed he would be the butt of such a classic, almost vaudevillian joke.• At the time, you were the butt of some very unkind jokes?
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