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I don't work out what does idiom mean #1 (permalink) Sun Aug 22, 2004 18:56 pm   I don't work out what does idiom mean
 

Test No. incompl/inter-14 "Popular Idioms (1)", question 6

There's no fool like an ......... fool.

(a) aged
(b) ancient
(c) elderly
(d) old

Test No. incompl/inter-14 "Popular Idioms (1)", answer 6

There's no fool like an old fool.

Correct answer: (d) old

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Old fool #2 (permalink) Sun Aug 22, 2004 19:01 pm   Old fool
 

Hi,

It suggests that if you do something stupid/foolish, it's worse if you are old because when you are older, you should be wiser.

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