thickheaded

thickheaded

1. Stupid; dim-witted; ignorant. We would have been in Italy by now if my thickheaded brother hadn't lost his passport. She started talking about a bunch of technical jargon that I'm way too thickheaded to understand.
2. Exceptionally stubborn or inflexible. Don't you realize that making these changes could save the entire business? It infuriates me how thickheaded you can be sometimes!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

thickheaded

mod. stupid; with more bone than brain in the head. He’s so thickheaded he can play football without a helmet.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • have a thick head
  • have a thick skull
  • (one's) way out of a paper bag
  • out of a paper bag
  • (one's) way out of a wet paper bag
  • couldn't find (one's) way out of a paper bag
  • airbrain
  • airhead
  • not the sharpest tool in the shed
  • not the sharpest pencil in the cup
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