What does it mean that “The hardline bullies in her party have been shown up for the reckless obsessives...
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The sentence above is from the article of Economist(link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/12/13/the-real-lesson-from-theresa-mays-bruising-week).
I have a problem reading that sentence, especially with the expression "have been shown up for", and "they are" at the end of the sentence.
The expression 'show up', which is said idiom in my dictionary, means "to appear". But there are no such example i can find using the expression 'show up for'.
Second, the pharse 'they are' at the end of the sentence makes me feel that this sentence is somewhat incomplete. What is this for? I'm just guessing that it is to specify the 'obsession' is from 'the hardline Brexit bullies'.
Can anyone help me parse this sentence? I want to know the meaning and grammatical principle of these expressions.
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The sentence above is from the article of Economist(link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/12/13/the-real-lesson-from-theresa-mays-bruising-week).
I have a problem reading that sentence, especially with the expression "have been shown up for", and "they are" at the end of the sentence.
The expression 'show up', which is said idiom in my dictionary, means "to appear". But there are no such example i can find using the expression 'show up for'.
Second, the pharse 'they are' at the end of the sentence makes me feel that this sentence is somewhat incomplete. What is this for? I'm just guessing that it is to specify the 'obsession' is from 'the hardline Brexit bullies'.
Can anyone help me parse this sentence? I want to know the meaning and grammatical principle of these expressions.
meaning grammar expressions sentence-structure
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You can read that as: "The hardline bullies in her party have been exposed as the reckless obsessives that they really are".
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The sentence above is from the article of Economist(link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/12/13/the-real-lesson-from-theresa-mays-bruising-week).
I have a problem reading that sentence, especially with the expression "have been shown up for", and "they are" at the end of the sentence.
The expression 'show up', which is said idiom in my dictionary, means "to appear". But there are no such example i can find using the expression 'show up for'.
Second, the pharse 'they are' at the end of the sentence makes me feel that this sentence is somewhat incomplete. What is this for? I'm just guessing that it is to specify the 'obsession' is from 'the hardline Brexit bullies'.
Can anyone help me parse this sentence? I want to know the meaning and grammatical principle of these expressions.
meaning grammar expressions sentence-structure
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The sentence above is from the article of Economist(link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/12/13/the-real-lesson-from-theresa-mays-bruising-week).
I have a problem reading that sentence, especially with the expression "have been shown up for", and "they are" at the end of the sentence.
The expression 'show up', which is said idiom in my dictionary, means "to appear". But there are no such example i can find using the expression 'show up for'.
Second, the pharse 'they are' at the end of the sentence makes me feel that this sentence is somewhat incomplete. What is this for? I'm just guessing that it is to specify the 'obsession' is from 'the hardline Brexit bullies'.
Can anyone help me parse this sentence? I want to know the meaning and grammatical principle of these expressions.
meaning grammar expressions sentence-structure
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You can read that as: "The hardline bullies in her party have been exposed as the reckless obsessives that they really are".
– michael.hor257k
4 mins ago
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You can read that as: "The hardline bullies in her party have been exposed as the reckless obsessives that they really are".
– michael.hor257k
4 mins ago
You can read that as: "The hardline bullies in her party have been exposed as the reckless obsessives that they really are".
– michael.hor257k
4 mins ago
You can read that as: "The hardline bullies in her party have been exposed as the reckless obsessives that they really are".
– michael.hor257k
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You can read that as: "The hardline bullies in her party have been exposed as the reckless obsessives that they really are".
– michael.hor257k
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