no fool like an old fool, there's



no fool like an old fool, there's

An old fool is the worst kind of fool, as in He's marrying a woman fifty years his junior-there's no fool like an old fool. This adage, now considered somewhat offensive for stereotyping old people, appeared in John Heywood's 1546 proverb collection and has been repeated ever since.
See also: fool, like, old

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HaydÉE-Spanish, French
Jeffries['dʒefriz]
Luannaloo-AN-əEnglish (Rare)
LilliaLIL-ee-ə, LIL-yəEnglish
Afroditi-Greek
Alwen['ælwən]