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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DUMB AS A DOORKNOB
Submitter comment:
USED WHEN POINTING OUT HOW IGNORANT A PERSON OR ANIMAL IS IN A
GIVEN SITUATION. INFORMANT USES THIS SOMETIMES WHEN HE WAS ANGRY.
HE HAS HEARD IT USED BY MANY OTHERS AT WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-05-1971