How foolish we were to be afraid of loneliness.
We'll find out soon whether he was brave or foolish.
Fussy about trifles, careless about big things. penny wise, pound foolish.
Mr Putin seemed more irked by what he called the "foolish" extradition bid than by the substance of the case.
Freud says that injuries are caused to the body by the mind (neurosis); not the conscious mind, for no one is so foolish, but by the unconscious mind.
Farmer Tweedy and his 8)mean-looking dog 9)patrol outside the fence, watching for any chicken that might be foolish enough to try to escape.
It would be foolish for a manager to make a three-year loan when his own investors could cut and run within a year; the mismatch of assets and liabilities could be ruinous.
It's very foolish to use variance.
The foolish man gambled away all his money.
You have been foolish to offend him, and you must row back sharpish.
The survivors have learned that it is foolish, even dangerous, to blindly depend on the government to deliver food.
The Prince is foolish, but look at his advice even from our foolishness we go on feeling that we are wise.
But in reality, it would be foolish for me to act like this, at least if my neighbors in this hypothetical scenario were anything like my actual neighbors in the real world.
They all jeer at the foolish speaker.
"and when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish."
And let us not laugh, declare foolish or cower in alarm if different views result from our efforts.
On second thought, George decided that anybody who wanted to keep his gloves wouldn't be so foolish as to wear them right inside the store.
Something trivial or foolish; nonsense.
She is vain and foolish, and yet people like her.
In other words, the rich world should focus on getting rid of blatantly foolish and costly policies.
Ali was spent too, Frazier still wanted "to show him the error of his foolish pride", and who knows what his left hook could have done to that pretty face.
His foolish behaviour may jeopardize his whole future.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
But why are we so foolish?
It is a foolish idea, no doubt, but it passes the time pleasantly.
We have heard this foolish delusion before.
Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room - proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.
I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.
Oh, how foolish I was!
"In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish."
First, trying to choose a career based on a current business fad is foolish.
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