人ひと笑わらい

noun

laughingstock; something people would laugh at

Used for a person, action, or situation that invites ridicule or makes one a laughingstock. Often appears in expressions like 人笑いになる or 人笑いだ.

• そんな格かっ好こうで外そとに出でたら人ひと笑わらいになるよ。

  If you go outside looking like that, you'll be a laughingstock.

• 失しっ敗ぱいを隠かくそうとして、かえって人ひと笑わらいを招まねいた。

  Trying to hide the failure only invited ridicule.