dim bulbs
Not very bright
Dim bulbs are stupid or slow-witted people.
The metaphor treats intelligence as brightness—a dim bulb gives off weak light, just as a dim person shows little mental sharpness.
Usually plural: The dim bulbs in accounting lost the invoice again.
The singular dim bulb works as a noun or modifier: Some dim bulb left the door unlocked.
- foolsIdiots or deceives
- idiotsThoroughly foolish people
- village idiotSettlement's designated simpleton
- clownsComic performers in costume
- slow-wittedLacking mental quickness
slow on the uptake · clueless · simple-minded · brain dead · unperceptive · incandescent · flickering · faint · obtuse · dumb as a post · naïve · underachiever · scatterbrained · losers · dull · absent-minded · uninformed · geese
dim bulbsgeniuses
Exceptionally gifted intellects
bright sparks · bright lights · intellectuals · brainiacs · whiz kids
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