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Sunday Seven #363
Back in the old days, people really knew how to level an insult without profanity. And their phrases, though clean and quaint, still managed to land a big punch.
So this week’s edition of the Sunday Seven gives a look at some of my favorite old-timey phrases meant to knock someone’s intelligence, or more specifically, their lack thereof.
My 7 Favorite Old-Timey Insults About Intelligence
1. “He’s two sandwiches short of a picnic.”
2. “If his brains were dynamite, he couldn’t even blow his nose.”
3. “There goes a ten-gallon hat on a two-gallon head.”
4. “He doesn’t have the sense God gave a lemon.”
5. “The engine’s running, but nobody’s driving.”
6. “He’s two peas short of a bushel.”
7. “If he were a dog, I don’t think he could find his own food dish.”
Which old-timey sayings have you heard used to insult someone’s brainpower that you still find amusing?
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Patrick is a television producer, writer, Mac lover, and Christian, though not necessarily in that order. He has a natural dislike of double standards and poor grammar.
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