1.far from something/from doing something: almost the opposite of something or of what is expected 几乎相反;远非
It is far from clear(= it is not clear)what he intends to do. 他打算怎样做一点都不清楚.
Computers, far from destroying jobs, can create employment. 计算机远非破坏就业,而是能创造就业.
2.laughing stock: a person that everyone laughs at because they have done something stupid 笑柄;笑料
I can't wear that! I'd be a laughing stock. 我可不能戴那个东西!否则会成为笑柄的.