"ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre" meaning in French

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        "1": "not to have invented the butter-cutting wire"
      },
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to not be the sharpest knife in the drawer"
      ],
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          "sharpest knife in the drawer",
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        "(figuratively, informal) to not be the sharpest knife in the drawer"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ne pas avoir inventé l'eau chaude"
        },
        {
          "word": "ne pas avoir inventé la poudre"
        },
        {
          "word": "ne pas avoir mis la queue aux cerises"
        }
      ],
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        "informal"
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    {
      "ipa": "/nə pa a.vwaʁ ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te l(ə) fil a ku.pe l(ə) bœʁ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nə pɑ a.vwaʁ ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te l(ə) fil a ku.pe l(ə) bœʁ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nə pa.z‿a.vwa.ʁ‿ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te l(ə) fi.l‿a ku.pe l(ə) bœʁ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nə pɑ.z‿a.vwa.ʁ‿ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te l(ə) fi.l‿a ku.pe l(ə) bœʁ/"
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      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "ne pas avoir inventé l'eau chaude"
        },
        {
          "word": "ne pas avoir inventé la poudre"
        },
        {
          "word": "ne pas avoir mis la queue aux cerises"
        }
      ],
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        "informal"
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      "ipa": "/nə pa a.vwaʁ ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te l(ə) fil a ku.pe l(ə) bœʁ/"
    },
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    },
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    },
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