Смысл: silly 
silly 1. [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. 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.
3.[ʹsılı] v сл.
<Í> оглушать, ошеломлять
<Í> глупыш; несмышлёныш
2.
<Í> 1. неумный, неразумный; глупый
2.
3. (over) влюблённый по уши
4.
1) слабый, болезненный; беспомощный
2) жалкий, ничтожный
5.
3.
<Í> оглушать, ошеломлять
be scared silly Идиома
laugh yourself silly
silly season
Idiom(s): silly seasonTheme: 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!
be afraid silly
To be acutely abashed or frightened. She's been afraid asinine anytime back that car about hit her. I was afraid asinine activity down into the aphotic apartment alone.Learn more: scare, sillyscared silly/stiff/to death, to be
To be acutely frightened; panicstricken. The ancient adaptation of such abstract expressions seems to accept been to be afraid or abashed out of one’s wits, which appeared in book in 1697: “Distracted and frighted out of his wits” (Bishop Simon Patrick, Commentary). After it was abashed or afraid out of one’s seven senses (used by Jonathan Swift and Sir Walter Scott), still after replaced by silly, with the aforementioned meaning. Stiff alludes to aeroembolism by fright, death to dying of terror. A mid-twentieth-century agnate is to alarm the pants off addition (Ogden Nash, and others). Also see shake in one's shoes.Learn more: scare, silly, stiff, toDictionary
More Idioms/Phrases
sink one's teeth into sink into despair sing one's praises sing a different tune silly season signed, sealed, and delivered sign one's own death warrant sign on the dotted line side against sick in bed be rolling in money be rolling in the aisles be rolling in wealth be rooted in (something) be rotten to the core be rough on (someone or something) be rubbing (one's) hands (with glee) be rubbing your hands be rubbing your hands with glee be ruled out of court be run off (one's) feet be run off your feet be run ragged be running around in circles be running around like a headless chicken be running on empty be running on fumes be rushed off (one's) feet be sacrificed on the altar of (something) be sacrificed on the altar of something be sailing under false colors be sailing under false colours be sb's lookout be scared of (one's) (own) shadow be scared shitless be scared silly be scared stiff be scared to death be scared witless be scared/bored witless be scattered to the four winds be scraping the barrel be scratching (one's) head be scratching your head be second fiddle (to someone) be second nature be second only to (someone or something) be second only to somebody/something be second to none be seeing things be seeing you be sent to Coventry be set aback be set against (something) be set against something/against doing something be set fair be set in (one's) ways be set in cement be set in concrete be set in your ways be set on something/on doing something
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