have a bad case of the simples

Rur. to be stupid. That boy has a bad case of the simples. He can't understand anything. She acts smart enough on the playground, but get her in the classroom and she has a bad case of the simples.

See also: bad, case, have, of, simple

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

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go at like a boy killing snakes
stand there with bare face hanging out
if you've a mind to do
If it ain't chickens, it's feathers
fair out
have more than one string to fiddle
have hung up and salted
It'll be a long day in January
have just one oar in the water
stupehead

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释义	have a bad case of the simples have a bad case of the simples Rur. to be stupid. That boy has a bad case of the simples. He can't understand anything. She acts smart enough on the playground, but get her in the classroom and she has a bad case of the simples. See also: bad, case, have, of, simple McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: go at like a boy killing snakes stand there with bare face hanging out if you've a mind to do If it ain't chickens, it's feathers fair out have more than one string to fiddle have hung up and salted It'll be a long day in January have just one oar in the water stupehead
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