- fool
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ big, great, silly, stupid▪
You're an even bigger fool than I thought.
▪ absolute, complete, total, utter▪ poor (= unfortunate)▪ old (= used to show sympathy, affection or a lack of respect)▪The poor old fool was imprisoned on my account.
▪ young▪ little▪You silly little fool!
VERB + FOOL▪ feel (esp. BrE), feel like▪I felt such a fool when I realized what I'd done. (BrE)
▪I felt like a fool when I realized what I'd done.
▪ look (esp. BrE), look like▪They had left me looking like a fool.
▪ act like, behave like▪Stop behaving like a fool!
▪ suffer▪She doesn't suffer fools gladly.
▪ call sb▪ take sb for▪He had taken me for a complete fool.
PREPOSITION▪ like a fool▪Like a fool, I told her everything.
▪ fool of a sth▪That fool of a doctor has prescribed me the wrong medicine!
PHRASES▪ act the fool, play the fool▪Stop acting the fool and be serious!
▪Being an actor doesn't just mean playing the fool.
▪ be no fool, be nobody's fool (= be too clever to be deceived by sb/sth)▪She's nobody's fool. She had the car checked by a mechanic before buying it.
▪ make a fool of sb/yourself, make a fool out of sb▪She was angry at having been made a fool of.
▪ more fool (sb) (BrE)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}I thought it was safe to leave my suitcase there. More fool me (= I was stupid to think so).
verbADVERB▪ completely▪ easily▪She's not easily fooled.
VERB + FOOL▪ cannot▪ try toPREPOSITION▪ into▪He fooled them into thinking he was a detective.
▪ with▪You can't fool me with all that nonsense!
PHRASES▪ have sb fooled▪She had me completely fooled for a moment.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
