idiot

idiot
01. Of course people didn't live at the same time as dinosaurs! Don't be such an [idiot]!
02. The guy is such an [idiot]. He thinks I'm in love with him, but I simply can't stand him.
03. She felt like an [idiot] when she tried to speak Italian, and all the children laughed at her.
04. Some of the tourists that come here ask the most [idiotic] questions.
05. You told her she looked heavier than the last time you saw her? What an incredibly [idiotic] thing to say.
06. The [idiocy] of this government is beyond belief.
07. My neighbor's son is a complete [idiot] who couldn't get a job if his life depended on it.
08. Why do some people treat immigrants like [idiots] just because they have trouble with the language?
09. Gustave Flaubert observed that nothing is more humiliating than to see [idiots] succeed in enterprises we have failed at.
10. Vince Lombardi once said, "Show me a good loser, and I'll show you an [idiot]."
11. The biggest [idiot] is the person who won't ask for help when he needs it.
12. A Danish proverb notes that love has produced some heroes, but many [idiots] too.
13. A Spanish proverb observes that [idiots] can sometimes give good advice.
14. An Arab proverb notes that the wise man speaks of what he sees, the [idiot] of what he hears.
15. Cynthia Heimel once said that when in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative, and acting like the most gigantic [idiot] on Earth.
16. Shakespeare wrote that life "is a tale told by an [idiot], full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
17. What an [idiot] he is. He told me that women aren't smart enough to succeed in business.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • idiot — idiot, idiote [ idjo, idjɔt ] adj. et n. • idiote « ignorant » 1180; lat. idiôtes « sot », gr. idiotês « simple particulier », d où « étranger à un métier, ignorant » I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ (1660) Qui manque d intelligence, de bon sens. ⇒ bête, imbécile,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • idiot — IDIÓT, OÁTĂ, idioţi, oate, adj., s.m. şi f. 1. adj., s.m. şi f. (Persoană) care suferă de idioţie; tâmpit, cretin, imbecil. 2. adj. (Despre manifestări ale fiinţelor) Care manifestă, care exprimă, care denotă nerozie, stupiditate etc. [pr.: di… …   Dicționar Român

  • idiot — idiot, ote (i di o, o t ) adj. 1°   Dépourvu d intelligence. •   Ils rejetèrent cette friponnerie sur Ésope, ne croyant pas qu il se pût jamais justifier, tant il était bègue et paraissait idiot !, LA FONT. Vie d Ésope.. •   Ce n est point du… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Idiot — Sm std. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. idiōta, idiōtēs der Ungebildete, Laie, Stümper , dieses aus gr. idiṓtēs (dass., eigentlich: die Einzelperson im Gegensatz zum Staat, der Nichtkenner im Gegensatz zum Sachverständigen ), zu gr. ídios… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Idiot — Id i*ot ([i^]d [i^]*[o^]t), n. [F. idiot, L. idiota an uneducated, ignorant, ill informed person, Gr. idiw ths, also and orig., a private person, not holding public office, fr. i dios proper, peculiar. See {Idiom}.] 1. A man in private station,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • idiot — (n.) early 14c., person so mentally deficient as to be incapable of ordinary reasoning; also in Middle English simple man, uneducated person, layman (late 14c.), from O.Fr. idiote uneducated or ignorant person (12c.), from L. idiota ordinary… …   Etymology dictionary

  • idiot — IDIOT, [idi]ote. s. Ignorant, stupide, imbecille. C est un idiot, un pauvre idiot. le prenez vous, le voulez vous faire passer pour un idiot, pour idiot? elle n est pas si idiote que vous pensez …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • idiot — idìot (idiȍt) m DEFINICIJA 1. pat. onaj koji boluje od idiotije 2. razg. glupan, neinteligentna osoba, blesan SINTAGMA idiot kamera žarg. vrsta jednostavnih fotoaparata koje prije snimanja nije potrebno posebno podešavati ETIMOLOGIJA lat. idiōta… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Idiot — [Aufbauwortschatz (Rating 1500 3200)] Auch: • Narr • Niete Bsp.: • Sei kein Narr! • Shane, du bist ein Idiot. • Der Idiot weigerte sich, mich zu bezahlen! …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • idiot — id·i·ot / i dē ət/ n: a person with esp. profound mental retardation ◇ While the terms idiot imbecile, and moron survive in many state codes and statutes, they are generally no longer used in both medical and legal contexts. The modern… …   Law dictionary

  • Idiot — Idiot,der:1.⇨Schwachsinnige–2.⇨Dummkopf(2) Idiot 1.→Wahnsinniger 2.ugs.für:Dummkopf,Schwachkopf,Ignorant,Hohlkopf,Nichtskönner,Nichtswisser,Stümper,Tölpel,Kretin,Narr,Hanswurst,Tropf,Tor;ugs.:Dummerjan,Flachkopf,Spatzengehirn,Wasserkopf,Holzkopf,N… …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

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