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stunned mullet
noun
used as the epitome of one who is dazed, stupid, foolish AUSTRALIA- — Sidney J. Baker, Australia Speaks, p. 267, 1953
- When his shout came (i.e. his turn to pay for a round) he sat there like a stunned mullet. — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 55, 1972
- — Lance Peters, The Dirty Half-Mile, p. 150, 1979
- Like a stunned mullet the bookie buckled at the knees. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 170, 1988
- You could have knocked me over with a feather, and I was so amazed that I just stood there gaping like a stunned mullet. — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 62, 1994
- [I] eventually managed to get him handcuffed and searched while my team-mates sat on their haunches and watched like a pair of stunned mullets. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 63, 2001
- — Kel Richards, The Aussie Bible, p. 14, 2003
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