fool

See:
  • (there's) no fool like an old fool
  • (you) could have fooled me
  • (you) coulda fooled me
  • a fool and his money are soon parted
  • a fool at 40 is a fool forever
  • a fool may give a wise man counsel
  • a fool's errand
  • a fool's paradise
  • a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client
  • act the fool
  • act/play the fool
  • an attorney who represents himself has a fool for a client
  • any fool can/could...
  • any fool could (do something)
  • any fool thing
  • as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
  • be living in a fool's paradise
  • be no fool
  • be no/nobody's fool
  • children and fools tell the truth
  • could have fooled me
  • don't be a fool, wrap your tool
  • every fool thing
  • experience is the teacher of fools
  • flannelled fool
  • fool (one or oneself) into (something)
  • fool about
  • fool and his money are soon parted
  • fool and his money are soon parted, a
  • fool around
  • fool around with (someone or something)
  • fool away
  • fool into
  • Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me
  • Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
  • fool up
  • fool with
  • fool with (someone or something)
  • fools build houses and wise men live in them
  • fool's errand
  • fool's gold
  • fool's paradise
  • fool's paradise, a
  • fools rush in
  • fools rush in where angels fear to tread
  • live in a fool's paradise
  • make a fool (out) of (someone or oneself)
  • make a fool of
  • make a fool of somebody/yourself
  • more fool
  • more fool (one)
  • more fool you, them, etc.
  • no fool like an old fool
  • no fool like an old fool, there's
  • no one's fool
  • nobody's fool
  • not suffer fools (gladly)
  • not suffer fools gladly
  • on a fool's errand
  • only fools and horses work
  • play (one) for a fool
  • play for a fool
  • play someone for a fool
  • play the fool
  • suffer fools gladly, does not
  • take (one) for a fool
  • take (one) for an idiot
  • take for an idiot and take for a fool
  • there's no fool like an old fool
  • who am I fooling
  • Who does (one) think (one) is fooling?
  • you could have fooled me
  • you could have fooled me!
References in periodicals archive
Aside from April Fools' Day, the custom of setting aside a day for the playing of harmless pranks upon one's neighbour has historically been relatively common in the world.
Twin cities residents show no interest in April fool day
Much to their amusement, they found alikeness in the writ form of April fool japes and baleful fake stories.
April fool japes could hint at identifying 'fake news'
Shoppers will be able to plan their fool hunt by following Argos's Twitter and Instagram feeds, as the high street favourite will post clues on where the fools are being placed in different locations on different days.
Argos is giving away [pounds sterling]15,000 to help fool proof Christmas this year; There's 800 prizes up for grabs across the UK in the [pounds sterling]15,000 festive giveaway this December
The Motley Fool is one of the very few large brands with the same voice skill delivered on all of the three Voice First platforms: Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and now Microsoft Cortana.
Witlingo and The Motley Fool Partner to Launch a Cortana Skill
So, pay attention to what your friends or family say to you today, as you could be about to be fooled!
Don't be fooled today!
Now it has become as tradition that playful and jolly persons exploit the 1st April to make people fool. In some countries including United Kingdom, New Zealand and South Africa, the joyful occasion of April fool is celebrated from morning to afternoon and after that the sequence of making fool is stopped.
April fool People make practical jokes with friends
Libby said: "The first song has a sort of Motown beat and ends with the words 'A Seven Day Fool' - then I follow straight into Mumma Said, for which the opening words are 'I've been a fool'."
Libby's fooling around in song
Penn: Teller is a great magician and fools me all the time.
A kind of magic; New series
'A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he's married' H.
'You can fool a person into going[..]
BRUCE Lee said: "A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer" and he knew more than his movies let on so before you give someone the chop ask your questions even if they sound silly to you.
Stars
Although the title implies a comprehensive approach to English clowning, the book is concerned primarily with the specific instances of clowns operating as "religio-political" satirists, more specifically: the use of blackface fools, the adoption of traditions of misrule by religious propagandists, the puritan as clown in pamphlet satire and on the stage, and the royal fool as evinced by the two editions of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Robert Hornback. The English Clown Tradition from the Middle Ages to Shakespeare
that's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool
Motley to the View: The Shakespearean Performance of Folly
This rich study presents a thoughtful and extended discussion of the popular theme of the Fool, and specifically, the Fool traveling, that were represented in Northern Renaissance woodcuts and other types of prints, with detailed discussion of the origins and symbolism of their iconography.
The fools' journey; a myth of obsession in Northern Renaissance art