he wears a $10 hat on a five-cent head
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proverb A phrase used to emphasize that someone is wealthy but also stupid. Don't pay attention to anything that guy says—he wears a $10 hat on a five-cent head
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He wears a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head.
Rur. He is stupid but rich. He got the job because he's the boss's son, not because he's smart. He wears a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.