marble dome

marble dome

A thoroughly stupid person; someone with no sense or intelligence. Don't listen to any advice that marble dome gives you—he's only got a job here because of who his daddy is. There's no way I'll lose to a marble dome like you.
See also: dome, marble
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

marble dome

n. a stupid person. (Someone who has marble where brains should be.) The guy’s a marble dome. He has no knowledge of what’s going on around him.
See also: dome, marble
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • ivory dome
  • rocks in one's head, have
  • have rocks in (one's) head
  • have rocks in head
  • have got rocks in (one's) head
  • be swept off (one's) feet
  • not stand the sight of (someone or something)
  • soak (someone or something) through
  • soak through
  • double-dome
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"The most remarkable feature is the massive marble dome north of the Avenir sink, reaching up to a height of almost 700 metres."
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Her staff, the photo crew were wilting in the heat, but as she headed to the next meeting on her schedule, Clinton looked every bit as cool as that white marble dome.
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