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bird-brained

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bird-brained

Characterized by stupidity, foolishness, or a lack of foresight. You're so bird-brained. I can't believe you got stranded on the highway because you didn't put enough gas in your car! What kind of bird-brained idiot jammed this paper in here? Are you bird-brained? Why would you touch the alarm when the sign clearly says "DO NOT TOUCH" in bold red letters?
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birdbrained

verb
See also: birdbrain
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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References in periodicals archive
It is only when owners decide to do something that things will change, and perhaps too many of the individuals in that category are too "bird-brained" to do anything anyway.
Bird intelligence, so often the subject of human jokes (e.g., "bird-brained") is no joke at all.
How does Ashley feel about this bird-brained policy, better known as zero tolerance?
Bird-brained Clucky the chicken reckons he is top dog in the Wicks household - and even has the diet to prove it.
BIRD-brained "flood tourists" are posing for selfies amid the devastation of Storm Frank, it was claimed yesterday.
A BIRD-brained thief who broke into a pigeon fanciers' club was caught after he advertised the stolen gear for sale on Facebook.
Home Alone (1990) - Pity poor Kevin, | played by a cherubic faced Macaulay Culkin, who is stranded in his Illinois mansion all Christmas and beseeched by bird-brained bandits, while his parents swan off to Paris.
THIS bird-brained animation featuring time-travelling turkeys is about as entertaining as a case of avian flu.
Despite being egged on, the duck failed to leave its cosy nesting place at the rear of a commercial unit in Selly Oak - even when it was hand-fed pizza in a bird-brained attempt to persuade the feathered friend to take flight.
This time it's a bird-brained bloke taking a break from an art installation which has just opened in Edinburgh.
POP sensation Paolo Nutini has a bird-brained explanation for his success.
Thousands of bird-brained British children think that cows lay eggs, a survey published today suggests.
Henry added: "I always thought the cat was a bit bird-brained but I never expected her to move into a nest."
BIRD-BRAINED thieves were yesterday told they face jail time after they were caught on camera stealing 30 baby ducks.
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