dumb bunny

American  

noun

1. a stupid person.

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dumb bunny Idioms  

1. A stupid person, as in She was a bit of a dumb bunny but very nice. This expression implies some toleration or endearment of the person. [c. 1920]

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Etymology

Origin of dumb bunny

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Outlets like Newsmax have even gone so far as to portray Maxwell as possibly “innocent,” as if she were just a dumb bunny wrapped up in Epstein’s schemes, instead of an eager co-conspirator.

From Salon

Marilyn Monroe could get laughs with her dumb bunny act.

From Salon

A male acquaintance asked me at the time what I thought the rioters planned to do if they actually caught her and I stared at him like the innocent, dumb bunny he was.

From Washington Post

I may have been only 9 years old, but I was no dumb bunny.

From Slate

“You are one dumb bunny,” said Chacho, but he stopped crying.

From Literature