height of folly
collocation in Englishmeaningsofheightandfolly
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height
noun[C or U]
uk/haɪt/us/haɪt/
the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of ...
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folly
noun
uk/ˈfɒl.i/us/ˈfɑː.li/
formal
the fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, ...
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(Definition ofheightandfollyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It would be theheightoffollyfor anybody lightly to encourage the disbanding or the reducing of these vital forces.
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To put our infantry into similar vehicles without careful debate would be theheightoffolly.
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It would have been theheightoffollyto trust the guardianship of these gates to the people who betrayed their trust.
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But it would be theheightoffollyto base our long-term transport policy solely on such considerations.
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But to pause more than we need would surely be theheightoffolly.
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Surely, it is theheightoffollynot to use it while it is of some use in feeding animals to help our food production?
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I think it is theheightoffollyso to do.
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In the circumstances of today, it would be theheightoffollyto embark on any such scheme.
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A magazine, which he described a short time before as theheightoffolly.
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What occurred on that occasion was theheightoffolly.
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Any general condemnation of our student population or of youth in general is obviously theheightoffolly.
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It seems to me to be theheightoffollyto embark on a campaign which, from the beginning, had no chance of success.
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It is theheightoffollyfor a great nation at any time to be maintaining its population by adopting methods of charity.
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It would be theheightoffollynot to have powers of this sort available to deal with a very serious situation.
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Until the answer to this question is known, it is theheightoffollydeliberately to expose our livestock to infection again.
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When one considers the implications of the subject, is it not theheightoffollyto introduce any element of profit or privatisation into it?
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It would be theheightoffollyif any agricultural policy were to be based upon so short a period.
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Would it not be theheightoffollyto curb the road building programme?
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The ammunition will not be inter-operable, and that is theheightoffolly.
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It is theheightoffollythat people should have to pay so much by way of interest for loans granted on a cast-iron security.
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