put something to shame

put something to shame
to make someone or something seem bad or less impressive by comparison

They’re so efficient they put us to shame.

Thesaurus: to make someone feel ashamed or embarrassedsynonym
Main entry: shame

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put sb/sth to ˈshame idiom
to be much better than sb/sth

Their presentation put ours to shame.

Her energy and enthusiasm puts the rest of us to shame

(= makes us feel embarrassed and guilty that we are not the same)

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Main entry:shameidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • shame — I UK [ʃeɪm] / US noun ** 1) [singular] a reason for feeling sad or disappointed It seems a shame to waste all this food. It was a shame that you couldn t come with us. a great/crying/terrible shame: It would have been a crying shame if we had… …   English dictionary

  • Shame — Shame, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk[ o]mm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shame — [shām] n. [ME < OE scamu, akin to Ger scham] 1. a painful feeling of having lost the respect of others because of the improper behavior, incompetence, etc. of oneself or of someone that one is close to or associated with 2. a tendency to have… …   English World dictionary

  • shame — 1 noun 1 (U) the uncomfortable feeling of being guilty and embarrassed that you have when you have done something wrong: a deep sense of shame | to your shame (=making you feel ashamed): She realized to her shame that she had forgotten Nina s… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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