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lay yourself open to attack, criticism, ridicule, etc.
idiom
to make it easy for people to attack you, etc.: 给人留下攻击／批评／取笑等的把柄
She lays herself open to criticism with such unashamedly extreme views.她大言不惭地提出如此极端的观点给人留下了批评的把柄。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing difficulties for oneself or others
ask questions of someone/somethingidiom
be a tall orderidiom
be asking for troubleidiom
be your own worst enemyidiom
bother someone with something
catch
dig
make it difficult for someone to do something
obduracy
open a can of worms
overburden
pitchfork someone into something
sand
shoot
subject someone/something to something
sucker punch
swamp
tall
throw sand in the gearsidiom
wrong-foot
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