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.

See also: head, soft

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 touch

See also: head, soft

soft 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.

See also: head, soft

soft in the head

mod. stupid; witless. George is just soft in the head. He’ll never get away with his little plan.

See also: head, soft

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Massoud	-	Persian
Jim	JIM	English
Eustathius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Isabel	ee-sah-BEL (Spanish), IZ-ə-bel (English), ee-za-BEL (French), ee-zah-BEL (German)	Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German
Helga	HEL-gah (German), HEL-gaw (Hungarian)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Ancient Scandinavian
Yori	yo-ṙee	Japanese