| 单词 | to have —— for brains |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have —— for brains d. to have —— for brains and variants (with a worthless or disgusting substance specified): to be extremely stupid or foolish. Cf. to have shit for brains at shit n. and adj. Phrases 20. ΚΠ 1800 W. Gifford Proc. Trial R. Faulder in Baviad & Mæviad (ed. 6) 146 Meaning that the said John had brickdust for brains. 1833 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 533 He must have saw-dust for brains, water for blood, and a heart, not of stone, but cut out of a boiled turnip. 1901 H. B. Fuller Under Skylights 287 Nobody but a man with cotton-batting for brains could ask a thing like that! 1979 P. Anthony Source of Magic v. 89 You tell him for me that he has bird droppings for brains. 2004 E. Reid D.B. xiii. 326 A kid, really, with a drug habit, an unpredictable temper, and soup for brains. < as lemmas |
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