Swedish: Du är dum som en stövel
English: You’re as smart as a boot
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: common Swedish expression
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Latvian: Tu esi tik stulbs, ka IQ koeficients samazinās visai ielai.
English: you are so dumb, when you speak you lower the IQ of the whole street
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: This is based on something he heard on Sherlock, the British television show
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“Don’t be Hummus”
collected: Berlin, Germany (12-19-14)
origin: slang from his unit in the Isreali army – used to call each other “stupid”
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English translation: “Your mother is so dumb when she plays Super Mario she walks to the left”
collected: Berlin, Germany (12-19-14)
origin: heard it in school in Berlin around 2007 when he was 15-16 years old
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English translation: “Your mother is so dumb she put a dildo on her forehead and said ‘I am a unicorn’ ”
collected: Berlin, Germany (12-19-14)
origin: heard it in school in Berlin around 2007 when he was 15-16 years old
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“Some people live and learn and others just live”
collected: Pittsburgh, Strip District (9-20-14)
origin: her father used to say it to her all the time, in Chicago
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“You’re as slow as pond water”
collected: Pittsburgh, Strip District (9-20-14)
origin: from a foreman on a job at a steel plant in Braddock, PA
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“Not the sharpest knife in the drawer”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: one of her dad’s sayings (Pittsburgh)
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“You’re not the sharpest piece of silverware”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: one of her dad’s sayings (Pittsburgh)
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“You’re not the sharpest tool in the shed”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: one of her dad’s sayings (Pittsburgh)