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pea brains ??
With their pea brains and giant bodies, dinosaurs became a symbol of lumbering stupidity.
what are pea brain?? or they'r just saying the brains are small like peas??
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Re: pea brains ??
Pea brain
is more of an insult than a description. The writer here should have used an adjective that is an opposite of
giant.
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Re: pea brains ??
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With their pea brains and giant bodies, dinosaurs became a symbol of lumbering stupidity.
what are pea brain?? or they'r just saying the brains are small like peas??
Pea brain or pea brained mean "extremely stupid".
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Re: pea brains ??
thnx~ ^^
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