Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Eudora Thao

2021-01-14 10:01

Meaning of Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer American proverb

Người hỏi câu hỏi ngốc nghếch sẽ nhận một câu trả lời vô nghĩa, ngốc nghếch

Linda: "Hey, what do you think if I wear this pair of jeans for the wedding party?" Henry: "Well, ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer! You should ask yourself!"

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a load of baloney

Falsehoods, nonsense, or foolishness

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Used to describe someone who is naive, gullible, inexperienced, easily fooled, ignorant, unsophisticated, etc.

need (to have) your head examined

To say, or believe something or someone that seems completely crazy, delusional, or stupid

Hang One's Head

to look downwards because of unhappiness or embarrassment

be one sandwich short of a picnic

someone who is stupid or crazy

Origin of Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

A medieval version written in Middle English with almost exactly the same sentiment pre-dates the modern version by a good 500 years.

As in this example from the Minnesota newspaper, The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Tuesday, April 1945, the modern translation had to wait until the 20th century.