Смысл: silly

silly1. [ʹsılı] n разг.
<Í> глупыш; несмышлёныш
don't take offence, silly! - не обижайся, дурачок /глупышка/!
don't be such a silly - не глупи

2. [ʹsılı] a
<Í> 1. неумный, неразумный; глупый
a silly thing - глупость
a silly mistake - нелепая /дурацкая/ ошибка
don't be silly - не глупи
you silly girl [boy]! - глупышка [дурачок] ты!
that was silly of me - это с моей стороны было глупо /неблагоразумно/
2. разг. одуревший, ничего не соображающий (от удара и т. п.)
scared silly - одуревший от страха
he knocked me silly - от удара я перестал что-л. соображать
3. (over) влюблённый по уши
to go silly over a woman - потерять голову от любви к женщине
4. шотл.
1) слабый, болезненный; беспомощный
2) жалкий, ничтожный
5. редк. слабоумный, умственно отсталый

3. [ʹsılı] v сл.
<Í> оглушать, ошеломлять

(oneself) silly Идиома

laugh yourself silly

laugh and laugh, laugh your head off One girl said something funny, and we laughed ourselves silly.

silly season

Idiom(s): silly season

Theme: TIME

the time of year, usually late in the summer, when there is a lack of important news and newspapers contain articles about unimportant or trivial things instead.
• It must be the silly season. There's a story here about peculiarly shaped potatoes.
• There's a piece on the front page about people with big feet. Talk about the silly season!

(oneself) silly

To a accompaniment of airheadedness or incoherence. Often acclimated with the verbs "laugh" and "drink." That cine was hilarious! We laughed ourselves asinine from alpha to end! A: "Ugh, I feel so abhorrent this morning." B: "Tough cookies. If you're activity to alcohol yourself asinine like that, again this is the amount you're activity to pay."Learn more: silly

— yourself silly

be clumsy to act rationally because of accomplishing article to excess. 1998 Time Out N.Y. Alcohol yourself asinine at the continued bar or chow down at the ample tables in the back. Learn more: silly

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