单词 | as daft as a brush |
释义 | > as lemmasas daft (mad, etc.) as a brush In colloquial phrase as daft (mad, etc.) as a brush, quite daft or mad; crazy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad maddish1573 skyred1581 cracked1610 conundrumed1629 touchy-headed1666 touched1672 half-witted1712 maddy1719 Fifish1821 cracky1850 not all there1864 mattoid1891 tetched1930 as daft (mad, etc.) as a brush1932 1932 H. Williamson Labouring Life i. 20 Mazed as a brish (brush)—Said of the young literary gent. nicknamed The Beard. 1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xiv. 129 ‘As daft as a brush’ (which flops, unable to stand upright). 1980 J. O'Faolain No Country for Young Men vi. 136 She's as mad as a brush. Thinks she's privy to secrets of national importance. < as lemmas |
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