"bête comme un chou" meaning in Français

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Adjective

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  1. D’une grande stupidité. Tags: familiar, obsolete, offensive
    Sense id: fr-bête_comme_un_chou-fr-adj-lo-LPske Categories (other): Insultes en français, Termes désuets en français, Termes familiers en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bête comme ses pieds, con comme ses pieds, con comme la Lune, con comme un manche, con comme un balai, con comme une valise Derived forms: bête comme choux Translations: saudumm (Allemand), strohdumm (Allemand), dumm wie Bohnenstroh (Allemand), dumm wie die Nacht (Allemand), dumm wie Brot (Allemand), as dumb as a post (Anglais), as thick as a brick (Anglais), as thick as two short planks (Anglais), dumber than dirt (Anglais), tonto como un burro (Espagnol)
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