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Like "does the Pope shit in the woods?" or "that train has sailed?"

Also, what good examples can you think of?

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[–] Seraph@fedia.io 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"Not the brightest cookie in the crayon box" is an amalgamation of 3 different sayings I've been trying to make happen. It won't happen.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

My mom was fond of "Not the brightest egg in the drawer".

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I used to say not the sharpest cookie in the jar

[–] ghashul@feddit.dk 2 points 3 months ago

I do it in danish, but we have the idiom here too. I'll often make up a new one following the not the x y in the z template. E.g. Not the loudest spoon in the forest.