foolish thing

collocation in English

meaningsoffoolishandthing

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foolish
adjective
uk
/ˈfuː.lɪʃ/us
/ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
unwise, stupid, or not showing ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition offoolishandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffoolish thing

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That appeared to me to be a mostfoolishthingto do.
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It would be a veryfoolishthingto attempt.
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It was the most insane thing, or the mostfoolishthing, that was ever done!
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I did not say that we did afoolishthingin having these 200 men transferred.
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It is afoolishthingand it ought to be dropped.
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This, surely, was a veryfoolishthingto do.
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I should have thought it a veryfoolishthingto split up the firm.
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It would be a mostfoolishthingto do.
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Therefore, on the face of it, it is afoolishthingto do.
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I am not asking for heads on chargers; that is afoolishthingto do.
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To remove the signposts was afoolishthingto do unless it was really necessary.
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Here we have him doing thatfoolishthingwhich was stigmatised by one of his colleagues.
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That would have been afoolishthingto do.
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I think that is really a mostfoolishthingto have done.
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I think that would be a remarkablyfoolishthingto do.
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I think it is a wild andfoolishthingto do.
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This is afoolishthingto do at any stage.
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It would be a mostfoolishthingto say.
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It was a veryfoolishthingto stick out his neck in such a way.
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Tax—an extremelyfoolishthingto do, as events proved.
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