all brawn and no brain

all brawn and no brain

Having great power or physical strength but lacking mental acuity or intelligence. He may have been a good football player in high school, but he was all brawn and no brains, so he didn't get into any colleges.
See also: all, and, brain, brawn, no
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • brawn
  • be all brawn and no brain(s)
  • brains and brawn
  • brains and/versus brawn
  • versus
  • VS
  • brains versus brawn
  • (not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
  • jog the/(someone's) mind
  • milk-and-water
References in periodicals archive
Perhaps Kurt Russell as Todd 3465 is too much like Arnold Schwarzenegger - all brawn and no brain.
WOW VIDEOS: Give Kurt the BULLET; SOLDIER
JEAN-Claude Van Damme proved he is all brawn and no brains at the awards ceremony.
3am: Jean-Claude Van Damme; At the World Music Awards 2003 in Monte Carlo