April 25, 2016 at 6:57 am
I've always liked "dumber than a bag of hammers"
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April 25, 2016 at 7:00 am
Grant Fritchey (4/25/2016)
I've always liked "dumber than a bag of hammers"
My favorite is "Sharp as a marble".
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April 25, 2016 at 7:15 am
"Dimmest bulb in the box" is also a good one.
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April 25, 2016 at 7:24 am
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In this case I did add my two cents because I've seen that damn failure before and it took me days to figure out what the issue was the first time around.Back home we have a term (dating further back than Disney) which is "frozen", my limited English puts it down to "The lights are on but nobody's home", would be fun to have other's native expressions of the term (in English)
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Not quite the same meaning, but very much related, is "knitting with only one needle".
Another very similar is "two slices short of a sandwich".
Heh... an Americanism, for sure, but "3 Fries short of a Happy Meal" used to be popular.
My favorite of all time, though, is "If he had 2 brains, he'd be twice as stupid". 😀
Another good one is to say that someone's "out to lunch". Well, I've taken that a step further and say that someone's "so out to lunch - they never came back from breakfast". 😀
In Mexico is common to say that "his hamster went on vacations".
I deal with bungalows, they've got nothing upstairs.
The light's on, but nobody home
Two versions of the same thing:
Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.
Not the tallest longest taper on the tannenbaum.
EDIT: Corrected a word. The second phrase is supposed to alliterate.
April 25, 2016 at 7:27 am
One sheet short of a bog roll...
April 25, 2016 at 7:42 am
Oh, here's two in German that I learned from a coworker when I was in high school.
Er/Sie hat nicht alle tasse im Shrank.
and
Du hast ein Vogel.
Roughly translated as "He/She doesn't have all the cups in his/her cupboard" and "You have a bird," the second of which I understand to be a phrase similar to calling someone an airhead.
April 25, 2016 at 7:46 am
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Oh, here's two in German that I learned from a coworker when I was in high school.Er/Sie hat nicht alle tasse im Shrank.
and
Du hast ein Vogel.
Roughly translated as "He/She doesn't have all the cups in his/her cupboard" and "You have a bird," the second of which I understand to be a phrase similar to calling someone an airhead.
Insults always sound better in German. Unlike love songs. Can't have everything.
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April 25, 2016 at 8:39 am
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I've always liked "dumber than a bag of hammers"My favorite is "Sharp as a marble".
I like that one!
The Dutch version translates as "when God distributed brains, (s)he was in the rear end of the queue".
April 25, 2016 at 8:49 am
"Dumber than a box of rocks" is one of my favorites. A former co-worker acquired the nickname "box of rocks" and, unbelievably, never understood what it meant.
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April 25, 2016 at 8:51 am
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I've always liked "dumber than a bag of hammers"My favorite is "Sharp as a marble".
I like that one!
The Dutch version translates as "when God distributed brains, (s)he was in the rear end of the queue".
I have also been known to add "and twice as round" to the end occasionally. 😀
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April 25, 2016 at 8:52 am
Michael L John (4/25/2016)
"Dumber than a box of rocks" is one of my favorites. A former co-worker acquired the nickname "box of rocks" and, unbelievably, never understood what it meant.
That is hilarious.
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April 25, 2016 at 9:21 am
Michael L John (4/25/2016)
"Dumber than a box of rocks" is one of my favorites. A former co-worker acquired the nickname "box of rocks" and, unbelievably, never understood what it meant.
Goes without saying
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April 25, 2016 at 9:27 am
Grant Fritchey (4/25/2016)
"Dimmest bulb in the box" is also a good one.
English would be "Not the brightest..." instead of "Dimmest...", slight difference between American and English
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April 25, 2016 at 9:34 am
Heard this on the commute the other day, not the same but I suspect it was meant as something similar, "if he'd stick his tong out he's loose it".
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Other two that come to mind are "not running on all four" and then with a reference to Italian cars, "lot's of noise but nothing is happening"
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