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there's no fool like an old fool en · X

Meanings

  1. If a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful.
    • You're an old woman, Emily, and there's no fool like an old fool. The man's twenty years younger than you, and don't you fool yourself as to what he married you for. Money! 1920 October, Agatha Christie, “I Go to Styles”, in The Mysterious Affair at Styles […], New York, N.Y.; London: Grosset & Dunlap, published March 1927, page 24:

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you can't put an old head on young shoulders

Translations (15)

fr on fait des sottises à tout âge (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · es la cabeza blanca y el seso por venir (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · cmn 老糊塗最糊塗 /老糊涂最糊涂 (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · cmn 人無愚於老而愚者 /人无愚于老而愚者 (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · cmn 老人做的蠢事最愚蠢 (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · cmn 人老不中用 (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · pl stary, a głupi (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · nl hoe ouder hoe zotter (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · cy henach henach, ffolach ffolach (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · de Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · fr il n'y a que les imbéciles qui ne changent pas d'avis (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · ru ста́рого пса но́вым фо́кусам не нау́чишь (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · ca a cent anys, coteta verda (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · fi vanhuus ei aina tuo viisautta (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful) · ru нет ху́же дурака́, чем ста́рый дура́к (if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful)