proper fool

ˈprɒpər fuːl
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Translation of proper fool into Russian

Noun

behavior

UK
person who acts in a very silly or stupid way
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настоящий дурак полный идиот
  • He made himself look like a proper fool at the party.Он выставил себя на посмешище, будучи настоящим дураком на вечеринке.
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Expressions with proper fool: examples in English and translations in Russian

выглядеть полным дураком
выставить себя полным дураком
He forgot his lines and looked a proper fool on stage.

Examples of proper fool in a sentence

  • She called him a proper fool after his prank failed.

proper fool: Examples and translations in context

If I want jokes, I'll get myself a proper fool.

Если бы я хотела шуток, достала бы себе шута.

If I want jokes, I'll get myself a proper fool.

Чтобы послушать шутки, я найду настоящего шута.

They shouldn't fool with the equipment without proper training.

Им не следует лезть к оборудованию без должной подготовки.

Let the wise man bear the name of fool, the just of unjust; if he pursue virtue itself beyond proper bounds...

"Пусть мудрец носить имя дурак, и только несправедливой, если он преследовать добродетель сама за надлежащее границ".

True, it probably would take a loser, or at least a fool, to believe a volcano could be persuaded to spew its protective effluvia into the sky at the proper intervals.

Возможно, он прав, и действительно нужно быть неудачником или, точнее, дураком, чтобы верить в способность человека убедить вулканы изрыгать свои защитные испарения в небо с необходимыми интервалами.

The proper view of ourselves, the godly and true view, is that apart from divine truth we are fools with empty thoughts.

Правильный взгляд на нас самих, божественный и истинный взгляд, состоит в том, что вне Божественной истины мы - глупцы с суетными мыслями.

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