"bête comme un cygne" meaning in Français

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Adjective

IPA: \bɛt kɔ.m‿œ̃ siɲ\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bête comme un cygne.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-bête comme un cygne.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-bête comme un cygne.wav
  1. Beau mais stupide. Tags: offensive
    Sense id: fr-bête_comme_un_cygne-fr-adj-ajupRmhH Categories (other): Exemples en français, Insultes en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "Composé de beau et de cygne."
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