no fool like an old fool, there's
(there's) no fool like an old fool
An older person who makes foolish decisions is especially at fault, as experience should have taught them not to do such things. My grandfather got caught trying to buy weed from some kids in the neighborhood. No fool like an old fool, eh? There's no fool like an old food—what did you think would happen if you tried to hide your profits to avoid the taxes?
See also: fool, like, no, old
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
no fool like an old fool, there's
An old fool is the worst kind of fool, as in He's marrying a woman fifty years his junior-there's no fool like an old fool. This adage, now considered somewhat offensive for stereotyping old people, appeared in John Heywood's 1546 proverb collection and has been repeated ever since.
See also: fool, like, no, old
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- (there's) no fool like an old fool
- a fool and his money are soon parted
- fool and his money are soon parted
- fool and his money are soon parted, a
- parted
- doofus
- be heading for a fall
- musclehead
- experience is the teacher of fools
- dearly