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Fertile stupidity

There is a very particular Italian proverb which says: La madre dei cretini é sempre incinta, lit. the mother of the idiots is always pregnant, used to show disapproval when somebody does a very stupid thing.
I was wondering, is there a similar or equivalent idiom also in English to convey the same meaning?

Sent by: Chiara

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Linda, Oxford, CT, USA 2010-08-29

In English the saying is "there is a fool born every minute."

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Mark, England 2010-04-25

I think the closest we have to it Chiara is "there's one born every minute."

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Sally, UK 2010-04-23

In English we say about fools (idiots) "There's one born every minute" - which is not so different!

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