Ashraful Haque
Make a fool OUT OF/OF himself?
What's the difference between:
1) He made a fool OUT OF himself, and
2) He made a fool OF himself?
2020年3月29日 20:03
回答 · 7
First sentence is correct.
Second sentence the first “of” is not needed
2020年3月29日
Sentence 1 means that he turned himself into a fool. Sentence 2 means that he did something embarrassing or foolish.
2020年3月30日
Interchangeable
2020年3月29日
I would only use sentence 2 (but the first "of" should be "a").
2020年3月29日
There is a typo in the second sentence.
2020年3月29日
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