From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha figure of funa figure of funSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLEsomeone who people laugh at → figure
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a figure of fun• Seems my figure is a Figure of Fun ... To everyone but me.• It was not a figure of fun.• It's always sad when a figure of fun, an easy target for a laugh, disappears into oblivion. 