figure of fun

But the stakes are too high to treat him as a figure of fun — and I say this as someone whose foundational story as a professional writer involved concocting Trump jokes.

Again, like a figure of fun, because you can't really pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

Some have acknowledged that Jiang's animated expressions meant he was sometimes a figure of fun.

For many, she was a figure of fun.

For many, she was a figure of fun, but for those in the governing Conservative Party choosing who should replace Boris Johnson, it is her conversion to passionate Brexit supporter and her offer of tax cuts that have propelled her to within touching distance of becoming Britain's next prime minister.