daft as a brush

idiomatic phrase

chiefly British

: very silly or somewhat foolish

Our professor is daft as a brush.

But he is like a footballer who has got all the skills but is as daft as a brush: he might boss the game, he might have a moment of madness.

—Ed Chamberlin

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for daft as a brush

• airbrush
• hairbrush
• inrush
• onrush
• paintbrush
• sagebrush
• blush
• crush
• flush
• gush
• hush
• lush