not the sharpest knife in the drawer
English
Noun
not the sharpest knife in the drawer
- (humorous, euphemistic) Lacking in intelligence; dimwitted.
- Synonyms: not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, not the sharpest crayon in the box, not the sharpest tool in the box, not the sharpest tool in the shed, dumb as a bag of hammers, dumb as a box of rocks; see also Thesaurus:stupid
- 1994 Sep. 5, Richard Hoffer, "Get Smart!," Sports Illustrated:
- You can block or tackle, or you can do some exotic things with a football cradled under your arm, but you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to book learning.
- 2000, Tami Hoag, Ashes to Ashes, →ISBN, page 378:
- 2003,Lucille Bluth, Arrested Development, S:1 E:3 “And I know he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he's sensitive, Michael,”
- “He fits in a lot of ways, but he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, is he?”
- “Maybe he just plays it stupid so people expect less of him.”
- 2009 Aug. 11, Paul Byrnes, "Tyson," Brisbane Times (Australia):
- [A] man who has lost every dollar he ever won–somewhere north of $US300 million ($370 million)–and done three years for rape is possibly not the sharpest knife in the drawer, nor the most likeable.
Translations
being stupid
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See also
- Appendix:Snowclones/not the X-est in the Y