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- ask a stupid question and you'll get a stupid
ask a stupid question and you'll get a stupid
ask a stupid question and you'll get a stupid answer
Also, ask a silly question. Your query doesn't deserve a proper answer, as in Am I hungry? ask a stupid question! One authority believes this idiom is a variant of ask me no questions and I'll tell you no fibs, which appeared in Oliver Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer (1773) and was frequently repeated thereafter. [Early 1800s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Alecto | | - | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
Imke | | IM-kə (Dutch, German) | Frisian, Dutch, German |
Pierrette | | - | French |
Sridevi | | - | Indian, Telugu, Tamil |
Esha | | - | Indian, Hindi |
Iahel | | - | Biblical Latin |