fool

[fu:l] 1. noun

(a person without sense or intelligence: He is such a fool he never knows what to do.) norec

2. verb

1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) ukaniti

2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) noreti

•

- foolish

- foolishly
- foolishness
- foolhardy
- foolhardiness
- foolproof
- make a fool of
- make a fool of oneself
- play the fool

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I [fu:l]

noun

norec, bedak, butec, zmedenec; dvorni norec, pavliha; figuratively igračka

All Fools' Day — 1. april

April Fool — aprilska šala; žrtev aprilske šale

to be no fool — biti bister

as the fool thinks so the bell clinks — norec veruje v to, kar si želi

everyone has a fool in his sleeve — vsakdo se včasih obnaša kakor norec

a fool's bolt is soon shot — norec je kmalu pri kraju s svojo pametjo

a fool's errand — brezplodno delo

to make a fool of s.o. — imeti koga za norca

to be a fool for one's pains — zaman si prizadevati

fool's paradise — deveta dežela

to play the fool — neumno se obnašati

to be but a fool to, to be a fool to — ne biti nič v primeri s

mineralogy fool's gold — železov kršec

he is a fool to... — on nič ne pomeni proti...

there's no fool like an old fool — nič ni hujšega kakor ponoreli starec

botany fool's parsley — mala trobelika

II [fu:l]

1.

intransitive verb

šaliti se, norčevati se, uganjati norčije; archaic igrati norca;

2.

transitive verb

za norca imeti: ukaniti, osmešiti, varati

III [fu:l]

noun

sladko kuhano sadje s smetano

IV [fu:l]

adjective

American colloquially nepreudaren, nerazsoden; smešen, prešeren