blithering idiot

Frequency: 8.01.5 per million words

a complete fool; used to express contempt

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Examples (10)

  • You absolute blithering idiot! You've deleted the entire project.
  • Only a blithering idiot would try to repair a live wire without turning off the power.
  • I felt like a blithering idiot when I realized I'd been pushing a door marked 'PULL'.
  • He called his new intern a blithering idiot under his breath for shredding the wrong documents.
  • Why would you trust that blithering idiot with your password?
  • The way he handled the presentation made him look like a complete blithering idiot.
  • Get out of the road, you blithering idiot!
  • It takes a special kind of blithering idiot to lose a winning lottery ticket.
  • My grandfather loves to say that any politician who makes such a promise is a blithering idiot.
  • She had to apologize for calling the customer service agent a blithering idiot out of frustration.