Bête comme ses pieds

Meaning: Really not very bright.

Language: French

Literally: Dumb as one's feet

Category: Insult

Origin: 19th-century French expression.

More compliments & insults — Insult

Avoir un poil dans la main — To be incurably lazy.
Tête de linotte — A scatterbrain who can't hold a thought.
Courir sur le haricot — To get badly on someone's nerves.
Tienes menos luces que un barco pirata — You're really not the brightest.
Eres más lento que el caballo del malo — You're painfully slow — the villain's horse never catches the hero.
Testa di rapa — A blockhead who isn't thinking.

Tu as du chien — You have a certain irresistible magnetism — a je-ne-sais-quoi that draws people in.
Tu as la tête sur les épaules — You're grounded, sensible, and dependable — not easily swept off course.
Tu as le vent en poupe — Everything is going your way — you're riding a wave of momentum and success.
Tu es un as — You're brilliant at what you do — the very best.
Tu as de la répartie — You're brilliantly quick-witted — always ready with the perfect comeback.
T'as pas inventé le fil à couper le beurre — You're not exactly a genius — the wire to cut butter is about the most obvious tool imagi…

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