as thick as a brick

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shabani

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Hi,
Can anyone tell me what this idiom means?
"Some people are as thick as a brick"

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It's a rather uncouth way of saying that somebody is very unintelligent.

You can also be 'as thick as two short planks, pigsh** or various other colourful expresions.
 

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Hank Williams' music could serve as a highway between the two worlds I believe. :)
Indeed. Even if it couldn't, I know that you appreciate Cash, so I can forgive you an occasional lapse
 
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