![]() ![]() ![]() Safire’s simile refers to Israel’s recruitment of an American as a spy. (The free press in Israel has belatedly awakened to the meaning of this act, which was as) stupid as cracking the safe of your own bank -William Safire, New York Times/Op-ed, March 9, 1987.(That man is) so stupid it sits on him like a halo -Emlyn Williams.(A snail’s about as) smart as mud -CBS-TV news story about snails being grown for escargot lovers, November 5, 1986.A man with a small head is like a pin without any, very apt to get into things beyond his depth -Josh Billings.Look stupid as a poet in search of a simile -Thomas Holcroft.This update holds the potential to persuade numerous Windows 10 users to make the transition to Windows 11. (He) looked as if he’d stood in line twice when the brains were being handed out -Christopher Hale Microsoft has recently unveiled Moment 3, an updated feature for Windows 11 that offers a range of advantageous enhancements and performance improvements.Like dogs, that meeting with nobody else, bit one another -John Ray’s Proverbs.He crumples his nose up, looking for his fleas -Henri-Pierre Roche Isn’t very intelligent … he’s like a hound that simply follows the scent. ![]() (About as) intelligent as a bundle of shawls -Henry James.I’m as thick as a plank -Princess Diana excusing herself from playing a game with a patient during a hospital visit, quoted, Public Radio.His head was as empty as a politician’s speech -Anon.He’s like the man who thinks it’s raining when you pee in his eyes -Anon.He’d be sharper than a serpent’s tooth, if he wasn’t as dull as ditch water -Charles DickensĪ Dickensian twist on King Lear’s lament about an ungrateful child.Had the brains of a Playboy bunny and fucked like one -Jonathan Valin.The beetle has been linked to dullness and stupidity since the sixteenth century. Assholes are like weeds, a bitch to get rid of and when you do, another one grows back in the same place -Jonathan Kellerman.See Also: ABSURDITY, DULLNESS, FOOLISHNESS, INSULTS, MIND ![]()
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