blockhead — n. a stupid person. (See also block.) □ Without a blockhead like you to remind me of the perils of stupidity, I might be less efficient than I am. □ Why did he call me a blockhead? I didn’t do anything … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
blockhead — noun (C) informal a very stupid person: You silly blockhead! … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear — 1518 A. BARCLAY Eclogues (EETS) v. 360 None can..make goodly silke of a gotes flece. 1579 S. GOSSON Ephemerides of Phialo 62v Seekinge..too make a silke purse of a Sowes eare, that when it shoulde close, will not come togeather. 1672 W. WALKER… … Proverbs new dictionary
cluck, you dumb — Used mainly in American rather than British speech to refer to a stupid person. ‘Cluck’ has that meaning on its own, but ‘dumb cluck’ is very much a standard phrase. The form of the word suggests that it is linked with a clucking hen, but it… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown — Infobox Television show name = It s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown caption = show name 2 = genre = Animated TV Special creator = Charles M. Schulz director = Bill Meléndez creative director = developer = presenter = starring = voices = Bill… … Wikipedia
lunkhead — A colloquial American term for a blockhead. ‘You lunkheads’ is addressed to a group of soldiers by an NCO in the Laurel and Hardy film Pack up your Troubles. The Middle Man, by David Chandler, has one American saying to another: ‘Don’t you see … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
block — 1. n. the head. □ That block of yours is pretty dense. □ Try to get this stuff through your block before the test. 2. n. the auction block. □ The painting went on the block and sold for nearly fifty three million dollars … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
dunce — This word is now associated with a child who finds it difficult to learn anything new. Other children might call a dunce: a block head, a clodpoll, dim wit, dull dick, dullard, dunderpate, numbskull, chump, peabrain, or putty brain, depending… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
clod — ‘You ignorant clod’ is used by Jim Dixon in Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis. The term of address may be derived from ‘clod hopper’, a country lout, one who walks across clods of earth. The ‘ hopper’ is no doubt a humorous allusion to grass hoppers … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
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