Cabeça de alho chocho

Meaning: A forgetful scatterbrain whose thoughts won't stay put.

Language: Portuguese

Literally: Head of withered garlic

Category: Insult

Origin: Portuguese expression; the shrivelled garlic bulb pictures an empty, addled head.

More compliments & insults — Insult

Bête comme ses pieds — Really not very bright.
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.

Você é um amor — You're a sweetheart — warm, caring, and impossible not to like.
Você tem muita garra — You have fierce, relentless determination — you claw your way through any obstacle.
És uma joia — You're a gem — a precious, lovely person.

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