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"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Slovene translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Translation table header lacks gloss",
"en:Bricks"
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"ref": "1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:",
"text": "So you ride yourselves over the fields\nAnd you make all your animal deals\nAnd your wise men don't know how it feels\nTo be thick as a brick.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"Very stupid; slow to learn or understand."
],
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"stupid",
"stupid"
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[
"learn",
"learn"
],
[
"understand",
"understand"
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"qualifier": "simile",
"raw_glosses": [
"(simile) Very stupid; slow to learn or understand."
],
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"word": "dumb as an ox"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "addlebrained"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "addlepated"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "airheaded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "bee-brained"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "beef-witted"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "beefheaded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "beetle-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "birdbrained"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "blockheaded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "Boeotian"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "boneheaded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "boofheaded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "brainless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "bubbleheaded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "buffle-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "bullet-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "cerebrally challenged"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "childish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "chowderheaded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "chuckleheaded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "crackbrained"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "cretinous"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dense"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dented"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dim-bulb"
},
{
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"word": "dim-headed"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dim-witted"
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{
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"word": "dim"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "doltish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dopey"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dozy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "drowsy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dull-headed"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dull-minded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dull-witted"
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{
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"word": "dull"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumber than a box of rocks"
},
{
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"word": "dumb"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dunderheaded"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "empty-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "fatheaded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "feeble-minded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "flea-brained"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "foolish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "fuzzy-headed"
},
{
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"word": "fuzzy-minded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "half-brained"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "half-witted"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "hammer-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "idiotic"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "imbecilic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "inane"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "insipid"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "intellectually challenged"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "knuckleheaded"
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{
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"word": "lamebrained"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "lowbrow"
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{
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"word": "lumpish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "lunkheaded"
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{
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"word": "mentally challenged"
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "mentally retarded"
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{
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"word": "mindless"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "monosynaptic"
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{
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"word": "moronic"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "muttonheaded"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "nitwitted"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "numbskulled"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "oafish"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "obtuse"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "peabrained"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "pratty"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "pudding-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "puerile"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"tags": [
"literary"
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"word": "purblind"
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{
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"word": "quarter-witted"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"tags": [
"offensive"
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"word": "retarded"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "rockheaded"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "sharp as a bowling ball"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "sheep-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "simple"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "slow-witted"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "slow"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "smooth-brained"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "stolid"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "stupid"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick-skulled"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thickheaded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thickwitted"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "unapprehensive"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "unclever"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "unintelligent"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "unsmart"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "vacant"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "vacuous"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "witless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "wooden-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "wool-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "woolly-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "woolly-minded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as a bag of hammers"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as a box of rocks"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as a doorknob"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as an ox"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as a post"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as a sack of hammers"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as dirt"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumber than a rock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "not the sharpest crayon in the box"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "not the sharpest knife in the drawer"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "not the sharpest tool in the shed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as a brick"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as a plank"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as champ"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as mince"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as two short planks"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as a whale omelette"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "ass-brained"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "fuckwitted"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "shit-for-brains"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as pig shit"
}
],
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"not-comparable"
]
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "blbý jako troky"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "tupý jako necky"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "blbý jako tágo"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "dumb as a plank",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as a plank",
"word": "dum som et bræt"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "dumb as a shovel",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as a shovel",
"word": "dum som en skovl"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "dumb as a door",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as a door",
"word": "dum som en dør"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"english": "a beam in front of the head",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "a beam in front of the head",
"word": "plank voor het hoofd"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"english": "dumb as a log",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as a log",
"word": "malsaĝa kiel ŝtipo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "tyhmä kuin saapas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "dumb to the point of eating hay",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb to the point of eating hay",
"word": "bête à manger du foin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "dumb as their own feet",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as their own feet",
"word": "bête comme ses pieds"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "dumb as a broom",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as a broom",
"word": "con comme un balai"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "dumb as the moon",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as the moon",
"word": "con comme la lune"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "dumb as a chair",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as a chair",
"word": "con comme une chaise"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "dumb as a handle",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as a handle",
"word": "con comme un manche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "dumb as bean straw",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as bean straw",
"word": "dumm wie Bohnenstroh"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"note": "as dumb as bread",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dumm wie Brot"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"note": "as stupid as a shoe",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "טיפש כמו נעל"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "nautheimskur"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"english": "stupid as a tree stump",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"lang_code": "dsb",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "stupid as a tree stump",
"word": "głupy ako pjeńk"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"lang_code": "dsb",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "głupy ako snop"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "so thick that no one else in the world can compare",
"lang": "Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "yúbùkějí",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "so thick that no one else in the world can compare",
"word": "愚不可及"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dum som et brød"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dum som en stut"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "stupid as a boot",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "stupid as a boot",
"word": "głupi jak but"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"english": "stupid as a door",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "stupid as a door",
"word": "burro como uma porta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"note": "as stupid as night",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "prost ca noaptea"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "dumb as a cork",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "tupój, kak próbka",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as a cork",
"word": "тупо́й, как про́бка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "dumb as Siberian boots",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "tup kak sibírskij válenok",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "dumb as Siberian boots",
"word": "туп как сиби́рский ва́ленок"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"english": "stupid as a tree stump",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "stupid as a tree stump",
"word": "hlúpy ako peň"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"note": "as stupid as night",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "neumen kot noč"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "stupid as a goose",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "Translations",
"translation": "stupid as a goose",
"word": "dum som en gås"
}
],
"word": "thick as a brick"
}
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