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Meaning of idiot box | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Television.

Canada, US, idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch Glotze Idiotenlaterne
Ελληνικά χαζοκούτι
Español caja boba caja idiota caja tonta
Suomi telkkari tollo
Íslenska imbakassi
Nederlands treurbuis
Русский дебили́зор дуроско́п зомбови́зор зомбоящик
Svenska dumburk

Examples

“During the long, dreary, wet winter I amused myself by watching college and Pro basketball on the idiot box.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

idiot card idiot end idiot girl idiot light idiot mittens idiot sandwich

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