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Meaning of there's no such thing as a stupid question | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Used to encourage people to seek knowledge by asking questions, no matter how silly the questions may appear to be.

Examples

“a 1992, Nancy Purtil, letter quoted in When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth?, David Feldman The general feeling is that, while there is no such thing as a stupid question, this one comes very close. Poodles never did live in the wild […] .”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

there's no time like the present there's no use there's nothing to it there's nowt so queer as folk there's one born every minute thereby hangs a tale