jackass
Americannoun
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a male donkey
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a stupid person; fool
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another name for kookaburra
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As the politician Sam Rayburn famously said: “Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024
"Any jackass can kick over a lantern and burn down a bar. It takes a carpenter to build one - we want to be on the side of the carpenter," Roemer told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2022
Mr. Fieri proceeded to make something he calls the jackass roll — rice, pork butt, fries and avocado — so named, he said, because a friend told him he looked like a jackass preparing it.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
“We are the carpenters of American politics because, you know, any jackass can kick over a barn. It takes a carpenter to build one.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
He was still standing there, smiling like the most pleased jackass.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
“Before I came down with the virus, I was one of those jackasses who thought the virus would disappear the day after the election. I was one of those conspiracy theorists,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2021
And I know my sister and I were jackasses who sometimes deserved to be yelled at.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2020
To be clear, I'm glad the police didn't do anything to the jackasses who showed up to protest the lockdowns.
From Salon ● May 27, 2020
The Washington Post: “While democracy dies in darkness, sometimes, even with the lights on, jackasses may get elected.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2018
If it came up heads, it simply meant that the three men would have to line up in a row and make jackasses of themselves once again in front of the live television cameras.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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