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dumb as a bag of hammers en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (humorous, not-comparable, slang) Remarkably stupid.
    • You two are just dumber than a bag of hammers! 2000, O Brother, where are thou?:
    • Kenny: Yeah. Nothing bothers him. Like water off a duck's back, y'know. / Lee: That's a valuable trait lately. / Kenny: No kidding. But frankly, I think it's because he's dumb as a bag of hammers. 2012 April 24, Telltale Games, The Walking Dead, Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Kindle Fire, scene: Greene Family Farm:

Relateds

Synonyms: dumber than a box of rocks

Synonyms

dumb as a sack of hammers

Translations (9)

de dumm wie Bohnenstroh (remarkably stupid) · fi tyhmä kuin saapas (remarkably stupid) · da dum som en dør (remarkably stupid) · es más tonto que Abundio (remarkably stupid) · ru тупо́й, как ва́ленок (remarkably stupid) · is stíga ekki í vitið (remarkably stupid) · sv dum som en stock (remarkably stupid) · nb dum som et brød (remarkably stupid) · nb dum som en stut (remarkably stupid)