lay yourself open to attack, criticism, ridicule, etc. idiom
给人留下攻击／批评／取笑等的把柄
to make it easy for people to attack you, etc.
She lays herself open to criticism with such unashamedly extreme views. 她大言不惭地提出如此极端的观点给人留下了批评的把柄。
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