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be the butt of someone's jokes phrase(orbe the butt of a/the joke) to be a person who is joked about or laughed at: 受到…嘲笑;成为…的笑柄 He was sick of being the butt of their jokes.他已经受够了被他们当作笑柄。 He had complained that he wasn't taken seriously by his so-called friends and was frequently the butt of their jokes. No one wants to be the butt of a joke. It has to be said that she was frequently the butt of countless jokes. As a politician, he had better get used to being the butt of everyone's jokes. See also
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