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silly

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play silly buggers (British & Australian, very informal)
to behave in a stupid or annoying way. Stop playing silly buggers and come down off the roof. (often in continuous tenses)
See also: play

the silly season (British & Australian, informal)

a period of time in the summer when there is not much news, especially political news, so the newspapers have articles about events that are not important. It's the silly season again, and as usual, the papers are full of stories about the Loch Ness Monster.
See also: season


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