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soft in the head
soft in the head
Fig. stupid; witless. George is just soft in the head. He'll never get away with his little plan. You're soft in the head if you think I'll go along with that.
soft in the head
(informal) stupid or crazy I can't change my mind now, she'll think I've gone soft in the head.
See be an easy touchsoft in the head
Mentally deficient; also, silly, foolish. For example, He's nice enough but a bit soft in the head. The soft in this idiom, first recorded in 1775, alludes to a weakness in mental capacity.
soft in the head
mod. stupid; witless. George is just soft in the head. He’ll never get away with his little plan.