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Ingawa watu hujisifia kuifahamu lugha na kuwa na msamiati lukuki, ukweli ni kuwa wengi hawajui hata maana halisi ya maneno ama wayatumiayo au yaliyozoeleka. Moja ya maneno hayo ni mpumbavua u fool kwa kingereza. Oxford Advanced learner's dictionary lina tafsiri hii ya neon fool,yaani mpumbavu. Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, 8th edition
fool noun, verb, adjective
BrE / ful /
NAmE / ful /
noun
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1 [ countable ] a person who you think behaves or speaks in a way that lacks intelligence or good judgement
SYN idiot
Don't be such a fool!
I felt a fool when I realized my mistake.
He told me he was an actor and I was fool enough to believe him.
2 [ countable ] (in the past) a man employed by a king or queen to entertain people by telling jokes, singing songs, etc.
jester
3 [ uncountable ,  countable ] ( BrE ) ( usually in compounds ) a cold light dessert (= a sweet dish) made from fruit that is cooked and crushed and mixed with cream or custard
rhubarb fool
act/play the fool
to behave in a stupid way in order to make people laugh, especially in a way that may also annoy them
Quit playing the fool and get some work done!
any fool can/could ( informal ) used to say that sth is very easy to do
Any fool could tell she was lying.
be no/nobody's fool
to be too intelligent or know too much about sth to be tricked by other people
She's nobody's fool when it comes to dealing with difficult patients.
a fool and his money are soon parted ( saying ) a person who is not sensible usually spends money too quickly or carelessly, or is cheated by others
fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) ( saying ) people with little experience try to do the difficult or dangerous things which more experienced people would not consider doing
make a fool of sb
to say or do sth deliberately so that people will think that sb is stupid
Can't you see she's making a fool of you?
I will not be made a fool of like this.
make a fool of yourself
to do sth stupid which makes other people think that you are a fool
I made a complete fool of myself in front of everyone!
more fool sb (for doing sth) ( informal ) used to say that you think that sb was stupid to do sth, especially when it causes them problems
He's not an easy person to live with. More fool her for marrying him!
I know I shouldn't have given him the money, but I did. More fool you!
(there's) no fool like an old fool ( saying ) an older person who behaves in a stupid way is worse than a younger person who does the same thing, because experience should have taught him or her not to do it more at not suffer fools gladly at suffer
© Oxford University Press, 2010. Kama hii ndio maana ya neno hilo; Kati ya wawili hawa, NANI LINAMFAA KWA KAULI NA AU VITENDO VYAKE, kati ya SUGU na PINDA au wote haliwafai kwa kuwa ni waheshimiwa wabunge? Mkumbuke kuwa hata Mch. Mtikila aliwahi kushitakiwa kwa madai ya kusema mwalimu alikufa kwa Ukimwi na alipoeleza maana ya ukimwi na unavyopatikana alionekana hana hatia kwani unaweza kuwa na ukimwi bila ya kuwa na virusi vya HIV.
fool noun, verb, adjective
BrE / ful /
NAmE / ful /
noun
word origin
 thesaurus
 synonyms
 example bank
1 [ countable ] a person who you think behaves or speaks in a way that lacks intelligence or good judgement
SYN idiot
Don't be such a fool!
I felt a fool when I realized my mistake.
He told me he was an actor and I was fool enough to believe him.
2 [ countable ] (in the past) a man employed by a king or queen to entertain people by telling jokes, singing songs, etc.
jester
3 [ uncountable ,  countable ] ( BrE ) ( usually in compounds ) a cold light dessert (= a sweet dish) made from fruit that is cooked and crushed and mixed with cream or custard
rhubarb fool
act/play the fool
to behave in a stupid way in order to make people laugh, especially in a way that may also annoy them
Quit playing the fool and get some work done!
any fool can/could ( informal ) used to say that sth is very easy to do
Any fool could tell she was lying.
be no/nobody's fool
to be too intelligent or know too much about sth to be tricked by other people
She's nobody's fool when it comes to dealing with difficult patients.
a fool and his money are soon parted ( saying ) a person who is not sensible usually spends money too quickly or carelessly, or is cheated by others
fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) ( saying ) people with little experience try to do the difficult or dangerous things which more experienced people would not consider doing
make a fool of sb
to say or do sth deliberately so that people will think that sb is stupid
Can't you see she's making a fool of you?
I will not be made a fool of like this.
make a fool of yourself
to do sth stupid which makes other people think that you are a fool
I made a complete fool of myself in front of everyone!
more fool sb (for doing sth) ( informal ) used to say that you think that sb was stupid to do sth, especially when it causes them problems
He's not an easy person to live with. More fool her for marrying him!
I know I shouldn't have given him the money, but I did. More fool you!
(there's) no fool like an old fool ( saying ) an older person who behaves in a stupid way is worse than a younger person who does the same thing, because experience should have taught him or her not to do it more at not suffer fools gladly at suffer
© Oxford University Press, 2010. Kama hii ndio maana ya neno hilo; Kati ya wawili hawa, NANI LINAMFAA KWA KAULI NA AU VITENDO VYAKE, kati ya SUGU na PINDA au wote haliwafai kwa kuwa ni waheshimiwa wabunge? Mkumbuke kuwa hata Mch. Mtikila aliwahi kushitakiwa kwa madai ya kusema mwalimu alikufa kwa Ukimwi na alipoeleza maana ya ukimwi na unavyopatikana alionekana hana hatia kwani unaweza kuwa na ukimwi bila ya kuwa na virusi vya HIV.