To expose one's shame, to reveal one's disgrace publicly
He did a shameful deed. Or: He revealed his true and ugly face.
("Behold, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will uncover your nakedness before your face, and I will see nations from your shame and kingdoms from your disgrace" - Nahum 3:5, and so: "And many shall see your disgrace, and your name shall rot, and your memory shall perish from under heaven, for there is no remembrance of the workers of iniquity" - Abraham Mapu/ Ayt Tsavoa, 32)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶרְאָה אֶת קְלוֹנוֹ ,חָשַׂף אֶת קְלוֹנוֹ בָּרַבִּים
Definition (Hebrew)
עָשָׂה מַעֲשֶׂה מֵבִישׁ. אוֹ: חָשַׂף אֶת פַּרְצוּפוֹ הָאֲמִתִּי וְהַמְּכֹעָר.
("הִנְנִי אֵלַיִךְ נְאֻם ה' צְבָאוֹת וְגִלֵּיתִי שׁוּלַיִךְ עַל פָּנָיִךְ וְהַרְאֵיתִי גוֹיִם מַעְרֵךְ וּמַמְלָכוֹת קְלוֹנֵךְ"- נַחוּם ג ה, וְכֵן:"וּרְאוּ רַבִּים קְלוֹנְךָ וְשִׁמְךָ יִרְקַב וְנָמַח זִכְרְךָ מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם, כִּי אֵין זִכָּרוֹן לְעוֹשֵׂי עַוְלָה"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 32)