Meaning of enough sense to pound sand into a rathole | Babel Free

Definitions

The most basic level of intelligence.

uncountable

Examples

“Texas Boy Cousin : 'Why Coz, you hain't got sense ernuf to pound sand in a rat hole ! That ther's a prairie dog, en never had no tail. Oh, lordy ! '”

“But now you take that long-legged college kid of mine. Course he ain't got sense enough yet to pound sand in a rat hole, but you know what he claims he is ?”

“They had tried hiring Indians to work in the fields during haying, but as far as machinery went, they didn't have sense enough to pound sand in a rathole.”

“When Newsweek magazine ran a survey of fifty journalists, all of whom predicted Truman would lose, the president countered, "I know every one of those fifty fellows and not one of them has enough sense to pound sand into a rathole.””

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