crude imitation ugly woman trying to imitate a famous beauty knitting her brows -- blindly copying others and making oneself look foolish imitate awkwardly imitate sb. in certain particulars
Never to Be Someone You´re Not – All people have the subconscious ability to detect bullshit.
不要东施效颦——所有人都有识破假象的潜在能力。
—— 给力词典精选Later, this idiom came to be used to indicate improper imitation that produces the reverse effect.
后来人们用“东施效颦”这个成语比喻不恰当的模仿,带来相反的效果。
—— 给力词典精选