dumber

dumber than a bag of hammers

Exceptionally stupid. You thought you could fix the washing machine on your own, so you just started pulling it apart? I swear, sometimes you are dumber than a bag of hammers. I used to think that kid was bag of hammers in school, but he grew up to be a particle physicist.
See also: bag, dumber, hammer, of

dumber than a doornail

Very stupid. You took apart the entire washing machine just to unblock the pump? I swear, sometimes you can be dumber than a doornail, Larry. I used to think that kid was dumber than a doornail, but he turned out to be a physicist.
See also: doornail, dumber
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • dumber than a bag of hammers
  • dumber than a doornail
  • (as) dumb as a post
  • dumb as a post
  • (as) dumb as a fencepost
  • swear down
  • swear
  • have clean hands
  • clean hands, have
  • framing
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'Were these Umno indignities and humiliations a vindication of what Mahathir said about Umno branch leaders become 'dumb and dumber' or was Zahid parroting what DAP was telling him - as if DAP is not only directing Mahathir but also directing Zahid as the grand puppet-master in Malaysia?
The Internet Movie Database, or IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096672/?ref_=ttcrv_crv_tt) rating for "Dumb and Dumber To" is 6.7/10 from 20,192 users as of this writing.
Technical credits are rough and ramshackle, but if you wandered into "Dumb and Dumber To" to study the cinematography, the joke is clearly on you.
The closest comparison to ''Dumb and Dumber To'' might be 1998's ''Blues Brothers 2000,'' made 18 years after the original.
"Some people have had the mistaken notion that in order to make the server smarter, you need to make the client dumber," Gates said.
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Take Dumb and Dumber. I had the misfortune of being asked to review this imbecilic flick.
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ISLAMABAD -- A family was killed after a dumber hit their motorcycle on Friday, police said.
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DUMB AND DUMBER TO (15) Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Kathleen Turner, Laurie Holden, Rob Riggle, Rachel Melvin, Steve Tom, Don Lake, Patricia French, Bill Murray Directors: Bobby and Peter Farrell Duration: 109 mins THERE'S no shortage of dim-witted and empty-headed characters on the big screen.
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The dimwitted Lloyd (Jim Carrey) reminds the audience of that simple fact minutes into "Dumb and Dumber To,'' and the sentiment echoes throughout the disappointing return.