"not the sharpest tool in the box" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [język angielski]

  1. niezbyt bystry Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: pl-not_the_sharpest_tool_in_the_box-en-noun-dU~-tslx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: not the sharpest tool in the shed, not the brightest crayon in the box, not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree
Categories (other): Angielski (indeks)
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  "lang": "język angielski",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_text": "rzeczownikowa",
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      "sense_index": "1.1",
      "word": "not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree"
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