"dumm wie Brot" meaning in German

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          "ref": "2015 February 8, Paul Wrusch, “Fehler bei der „Heute Show“ im ZDF: Wenn die Linke zur Rechten wird”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN",
          "text": "„[…] Ich sage immer, das ist die NPD in freundlich“, sagt sie. Pfui, möchte man rufen. Wieder so eine Ossi-Tante (sieht man doch am tristen Hintergrund), die nichts gelernt hat, dumm wie Brot ist.",
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          "ref": "2021 October 1, Jost Maurin, “Protestbewegung gegen Umweltschutz: Bauernführer redet rechtsradikal”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN",
          "text": "[Anthony] Lee beschimpfte auch Bundesumweltministerin Svenja Schulze (SPD): „Frau Schulze ist dumm wie Brot. Die hat keine Ahnung. Aber davon hat sie eine ganze Menge.“",
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        "thick as a brick, dumb as a box of rocks"
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          "text": "„[…] Ich sage immer, das ist die NPD in freundlich“, sagt sie. Pfui, möchte man rufen. Wieder so eine Ossi-Tante (sieht man doch am tristen Hintergrund), die nichts gelernt hat, dumm wie Brot ist.",
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