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The phrase "a jackass of himself" is not correct in standard English usage.
It seems to be an attempt to convey that someone is acting foolishly or embarrassingly, but the phrasing is awkward.
Example: "After that embarrassing incident at the party, he really made a jackass of himself."
Alternatives: "made a fool of himself" or "acted like an idiot."
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That he's so fully made a jackass of himself that otherwise reasonable people are perfectly willing to publicly call bullshit on the size of his genitals, frequently, and confidently.
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Richard Schickel of Time also enjoyed Murphy's role, stating, "No one has ever made a funnier jackass of himself than Murphy".
Even then, I would highly recommend making a jackass of yourself over sitting at your table wishing you were working it out to Kool & the Gang.
Yes, of course you can find both love and create a kick-ass career into your 50s, 60s and beyond, but let's be frank: There are only so many optimal, peak-performance years you've got to work with, and I don't want you wasting your prime with a jackass of a boss who doesn't appreciate all you have to offer.
Some would call him a jackass of all trades: Acting, dancing, singing, hosting––He does them all, relatively poorly, to the delight of fans and detractors alike.
That he is an irrepressible jackass who thinks of himself as a sly fox?
An especially loud Texan, a comrade asserted, had a voice that was a "cross between the bray of a jackass and the note of a turkey buzzard, and far excels either in melody".
You making the Us look like a ovly confedent jackass of a country.
"He's like McNulty from 'The Wire,' except instead of drinking problems and philandering, he's being a jackass," Samberg said of his wisenheimer Det.
He weaved contrasting textures into his concerto, ranging from what he described in the liner notes as "the bellowing hee-haw of a jackass" to the wailing sound of bagpipes.
It does make you a bit of a jackass.
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