"bête comme un âne" meaning in Français

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Adjective

IPA: \bɛt kɔm œ̃ ɑn\ Forms: bêtes comme des ânes [plural, masculine, feminine]
  1. Idiot, stupide. Tags: offensive
    Sense id: fr-bête_comme_un_âne-fr-adj-LKP29U1I Categories (other): Insultes en français, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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