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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a buffoon for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is acting foolishly or is being made a fool of in a particular context.
Example: "He became a buffoon for his friends' entertainment during the party."
Alternatives: "a clown for" or "a fool for".
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When I find him at 10am, he's leaping over the fountains of London's Somerset House courtyard, grinning like a buffoon for his mate's phone camera.
It's a real problem when an actor's boldest, most earnest efforts in a period role turn him into a buffoon for the audience.
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I think I made a buffoon of myself.
The last leader of the Iron Islands, Balon Greyjoy, was a buffoon most famous for launching a disastrous war without securing enough allies or having a clear exit strategy.
He is indeed a buffoon and a recipe for disaster.
Not so with Dario Fo, whose Nobel in 1997 -- the first, as the playwright and comic actor says, for a buffoon -- has increased his productivity and improved his standing as an artist.
You chose to work for a buffoon.
In any event, the alliance is just them stringing him along, as they both recognize him for a buffoon.
Trying to soothe yourself with the facts - "77% of the electorate are women, people of color, young adults under 35 and Trump cant win a majority of any of them!" - or logic - "people aren't going to vote for a buffoon or against their own best interests!" - is your brain's way of trying to protect you from trauma.
Nevertheless, his attack on the Floridian House of Reps member for looking like a buffoon in a cowboy hat has to take the biscuit for least self-aware statement of the year.
Rather than castigate Horn as a buffoon, we should embrace him for discovering his inner philanthropist.
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