Daft as a brush ?

gmc2002 | 12:05 Mon 03rd Mar 2003 | Phrases & Sayings

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Daft as a brush. What brush ? where ? when ? why ? etc.

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Cetti

Apparently it stems from the practice of putting a child head first down a chimney to clean it!

the head or the chimney?

To share a total bit of trivia. French Canadian has a phrase "Fou comme un balai" - mad as a broom...

Cetti

I must admit I always thought the poor children in the 19th century were pushed up the chimney, and not down!

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