awful, big, bloody (taboo), damned, great, silly, stupid
You''re an even bigger fool than I thought.

absolute, complete, 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!

court
court fools who used to provide entertainment in the royal court

feel (like)
I felt such a fool when I realized what I''d done.

look (like)
They had left me looking like a fool.

act (like), behave like, play
Stop behaving like a fool! | He thought that being an actor only involved tap dancing and playing the fool (= acting in a childish/funny way).

suffer, tolerate
She doesn''t suffer fools gladly.

call sb | take sb for
He had taken me for a complete fool.

be no/nobody''s
(= 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.

like a ~
Like a fool, I told her everything.

~ of a sth
That fool of a doctor has prescribed me the wrong medicine!

make a fool (out) of sb/yourself
She was angry at having been made a fool of.

more fool (sb)
I thought it was safe to leave my suitcase there. More fool me (= I was stupid to think so).

completely | easily
I''m not easily fooled by anyone, least of all you.

can''t/couldn''t | try to

into
He fooled them into thinking he was a detective.

with
You can''t fool me with all that nonsense!

have sb fooled
She had me completely fooled for a moment.