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dead from the neck up

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  1. Extremely stupid, as in That news commentator sounds dead from the neck up. This expression alludes to being “brain-dead.” [Early 1900s]


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The firearms manufacturers," he wrote, "have been dead from the neck up for about 40 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.

From Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford

A good fellow, but in matters requiring intellect and swift thought dead from the neck up.

From Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

He's pretty well dead from the neck up, as far as I can see.

From Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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