feather brain

Someone who is stupid and/or silly. Geez, he keeps pulling on a door that's clearly marked "push"—what a feather brain.

feather brain

n. a stupid person. (Also a rude term of address.) Hey, feather brain. Wake up and get busy!

See also: brain, feather

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FEATHER BRAIN: Don't be an ostrich and bury your head in the sand.

YOU AND THE LAW

MAJOR feather brain with one-in-a-million chance of being successfully reintroduced.

RETURN OF THE GREAT BUSTARD; The real one is back - but how did these feathered fiends survive?

Feather Brained: My Bumbling Quest to Become a Birder and Find a Rare Bird on My Own

We may refer to someone as "feather brained" or "hopping mad." Though there are neither feathers nor hopping involved, we gain a more colorful understanding of someone who is not too smart or who is really ticked off.

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FEATHER BRAINS: Jack Straw, left, and John Reid; BLAST: David Taylor

DODOS SAVE PUFFIN' Fury as Reid and Straw scupper total smoke ban

Coop de gras: Feather brained animation from the makers of Wallace and Gromit.Chicken Run is now showing across the region.

Flight of fancy for female fowls

To determine if this was a fluke or people really do equate fair hair with feather brains, I asked a bookshop assistant where the computer books were to be found.

BLONDE ON THE RUN; Does wearing a platinum wig really make a girl dumb and dimmer?

BLAST: MP David Taylor; FEATHER BRAINS: Jack Straw, left, and John Reid

DODOS SAVE THE PUFFIN' Reid and Straw scupper total cigs ban

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