feather brain

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.
See also: brain, feather
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

feather brain

n. a stupid person. (Also a rude term of address.) Hey, feather brain. Wake up and get busy!
See also: brain, feather
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • BB brain
  • have a stroke
  • get brain
  • be brain dead
  • brain dead
  • brain-dead
  • have (one's) brain on a leash
  • have brain on a leash
  • have one’s brain on a leash
  • brain box
References in periodicals archive
FEATHER BRAIN: Don't be an ostrich and bury your head in the sand.
MAJOR feather brain with one-in-a-million chance of being successfully reintroduced.
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.
FEATHER BRAINS: Jack Straw, left, and John Reid; BLAST: David Taylor
Coop de gras: Feather brained animation from the makers of Wallace and Gromit.Chicken Run is now showing across the region.
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.
BLAST: MP David Taylor; FEATHER BRAINS: Jack Straw, left, and John Reid