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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > typical example of (8)
assc1175

In various phrases and proverbs, as the type of clumsiness, ignorance, stupidity, etc.

stock1303

As the type of what is lifeless, motionless, or void of sensation. Hence, a senseless or stupid person.

blockc1410

Often used in similes as a type of inertia, senselessness, stupidity. Cf. sense 15: also post, n.1

beetle1520

Used as the type of heavy dullness or stupidity. The phrase deaf,or dumb as a beetle, probably belongs here; but cf. beetle, n.2 3.

post1778

A stake or column of timber regarded as a type of something inanimate, unresponsive, stupid, etc. Cf. also as deaf as a post at deaf, adj. 1d; also…

dunce capa1791

a tall, cone-shaped paper hat formerly put on the head of a schoolchild who had made too many mistakes in his or her work or misbehaved in a…

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