poor fish

Other forms: poor fishes

Definitions of poor fish
  1. noun
    a person who is not very bright
    synonyms: dolt, dullard, pillock, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person
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    types:
    berk
    a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
    blockhead, bonehead, dunce, dunderhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull
    a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
    klutz
    (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
    type of:
    simple, simpleton
    a person lacking intelligence or common sense
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