Show off

Show off

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à IGU à in à Qing à o, which means to show off cleverness. From the victory of Bolshevism by Li Dazhao.

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate or attributive

Examples

He was there to make a show.

Analysis of Idioms

Play the fool

The origin of Idioms

Li Dazhao's the victory of Bolshevism: "the victory of German militarism is not the victory of the United Nations, nor is it the victory of our country's soldiers who fight under the pretext of internal strife and the opportunistic and coquettish politicians."

Idiom explanation

It describes showing off one's intelligence and pretending to be coquettish.