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Polish
Polishptasi móżdżek
Meaning: A stupid or scatterbrained person.
Literally: Bird's brain
Example: “Tylko ptasi móżdżek zostawiłby kluczyki w samochodzie.” — Only a bird-brain would leave the keys in the car.
English equivalent: A bird-brain
Equivalents in other languages
English: a bird-brain
Origin: Birds have small heads and, it was assumed, small brains, so a bird's little brain is a stupid or scatterbrained mind. Polish Wiktionary marks the phrase as colloquial and ironic, and English "birdbrain" works the same way.
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