Collocations for fool - noun
ADJECTIVE
big,
great,
silly,
stupid
You're an even bigger fool than I thought.
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.
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!
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.
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.
They had left me looking like a fool.
act like,
behave like
Stop behaving like a fool!
Stop behaving like a fool!
suffer
She doesn't suffer fools gladly.
She doesn't suffer fools gladly.
call sb
take sb for
He had taken me for a complete fool.
take sb for
He had taken me for a complete fool.
PREPOSITION
like a fool
Like a fool, I told her everything.
Like a fool, I told her everything.
fool of a sth
That fool of a doctor has prescribed me the wrong medicine!
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.
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.
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.
She was angry at having been made a fool of.
more fool (sb)
(BrE)
I thought it was safe to leave my suitcase there. More fool me (= I was stupid to think so).
I thought it was safe to leave my suitcase there. More fool me (= I was stupid to think so).