丑人多作怪

chǒu rén duō zuò guài

ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)

丑

chǒu

shameful

人

rén

person; people

多

duō

many; much; more; a lot of

作

zuò

to do; to engage in

怪

guài

variant of 怪[guai4]