a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
big ol' Idiom, Proverb
school's out
school is finished for the day or for the year When the bell rings at 3:30, school's out! Yea!
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old
on a fool's errand
Idiom(s): on a fool's errand
Theme: FUTILITY
involved in a useless journey or task. • Bill went for an interview, but he was on a fool's errand. The job had already been filled. • I was sent on a fool's errand to buy some flowers. I knew the shop would be closed by then.
fool's paradise
Idiom(s): fool's paradise
Theme: HAPPINESS
a condition of seeming happiness that is based on false assumptions and will not last. (Treated as a place grammatically.) • They think they can live on love alone, but they are living in a fool's paradise. • The inhabitants of the island feel politically secure, but they are living in a fool's paradise. They could be invaded at any time.
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v. phr. To deceive oneself; tell oneself unreal stories. His information is based on a lot of misunderstanding the poor guy is living in a fool's paradise.
fool's errand
fool's errand A fruitless mission or undertaking, as in Asking the bank for yet another loan was clearly a fool's errand. [c. 1700]
big ol'
Exceptionally or impressively large, either in concrete admeasurement or in magnitude, area "ol'," an abbreviating of the chat "old," is an intensifier and not apocalyptic of age. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Grab authority of that big ol' bag of adhesive and bandy it into the aback of my truck.Well, that's aloof a big ol' lie and you apperceive it!Learn more: bigLearn more:
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