a figure of fun

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a figure of fun

someone who people laugh at because they seem silly or stupid She's fed up with being treated as a figure of fun and insists that her ideas deserve serious attention.

See also: figure, fun

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No, the brigade is a figure of fun because nobody at senior management level seems to have any common sense whatsoever. I'm very fired up over these village idiots by The Mirror (London, England) Ms Hoey said: "I think the problem with John Prescott now is that he really is seen as a bit of a figure of fun out there with the public. Prescott facing calls for inquiry by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Hewitt, who had a five-year affair with Princess Diana,isn't a figure of fun. TV Review: A peep into acad's diary ...and so to bed by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			a false alarm a false dawn a false economy a false start a family man a far cry from a fashion victim a fast talker a fast track a fat cat a fat lot of good a fate worse than death a faux pas a favourite son a feather in cap a feeding frenzy a feel for a femme fatale a fender bender a few fries short of a Happy Meal a fifth wheel a fifty-fifty chance a fig leaf a fighting chance a figment of imagination a figure of fun a fine kettle of fish a fine line a finger in every pie a firm hand on the tiller a fish out of water a fishing expedition a flash in the pan a flight of fancy a flip-flop a fly in the ointment a fly on the wall A fool and his money are soon parted a fool's errand A for effort a force to be reckoned with a foregone conclusion a four-letter word a frame of mind a Frankenstein's monster a free agent a free ride a free spirit a free-for-all a French letter A friend in need			a few cards short of a deck a few cards shy of a full deck A Few Days A Few Days Ago A Few Dead Losers a few fries short of a Happy Meal A Few Good Aggies A Few Good Men A Few More Online Abbreviations A Few Screws Loose, LC a few Zs a few Zs a few Zs a few Zs A fib A fib A fib A fiber A fibers A fibers A fibers A fibers a fifth wheel a fifty-fifty chance a fig leaf A Fight for America A fighting chance A fighting chance a figment of imagination a figment of the imagination a figure of fun A Fine Good Organization a fine kettle of fish a fine kettle of fish a fine kettle of fish a fine line a fine state of affairs a finger in every pie A Fire Inside a firm hand on the tiller A First Attack Assessment Model A Fish Out of Water a fishing expedition A Fistful of Boomstick A Fistful of Dollars a flash in the pan A flat a flea in (one's) ear a flea in (one's) ear a flea in (one's) ear a flea in ear a flea in ear a flea in ear A flea in the ear a flight of fancy a flight of fantasy a flight of imagination a flip-flop A Flock of Seagulls a fly in the ointment a fly on the wall

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