make a scene

Verb

 * 1)  To bring unnecessary attention to oneself, especially through a public expression of tumultuous emotion.
 * 2) * 1814,, Amabel; or, Memoirs of a Woman of Fashion, London: H. Colburn, Volume II, Part VIII, p. 287,
 * I saw, though he tried to conceal it, that he was very much hurt at your behaviour, and I was sure, by his looks, that he did not think my jealous apprehension groundless; however, he protested he did, and persuaded me not to make a scene by arriving her in the middle of the night
 * 1) * 2003, Michael Berry (translator),  (1993) by, New York: Knopf Doubleday, 2007, p. 125,
 * This time I had really hurt my son. Youqing wasn’t upset because I had hit him, but because I had made a scene in front of so many of his teachers and classmates.
 * 1) * 2003, Michael Berry (translator),  (1993) by, New York: Knopf Doubleday, 2007, p. 125,
 * This time I had really hurt my son. Youqing wasn’t upset because I had hit him, but because I had made a scene in front of so many of his teachers and classmates.

Translations

 * Finnish: järjestää kohtaus
 * French:
 * Hungarian: jelenetet rendez
 * Indonesian: berbuat ulah
 * Portuguese: dar um show, fazer uma cena
 * Spanish: montar el pollo,, montar un numerito, montar un show