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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fool with a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe someone who is foolishly equipped with something, often implying that the combination is problematic or humorous.
Example: "He was just a fool with a grand idea that he couldn't execute."
Alternatives: "an idiot with a" or "a simpleton carrying a".
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Like a fool with a bunch of fivers chasing that damned pea, we keep on falling for it.
After all, they were a group whose most recognisable member was a fool with a big clock around his neck.
Throughout this media event of an endgame, she demonstrated the openness and seeming guilelessness that once had marked her out as a fool with a big mouth, but which now made her, for some at least, seem like a saint telling uncomfortable truths as she marched, head up, to her televised martyrdom.
My father once said that a fool with a plan can beat a genius with no plan.
You are a fool with a controller.
Named after the classic James Thurber story about a fool with a vivid fantasy life (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), the Walter Mitty Hunters Club HQ uses old army contacts to check service records and pick apart tall tales.
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There is no fool like a fool with children.
Not looking like a fool with your amateur chopstick skills?
Don't be looking like a fool with your pants on the ground!
Remember trust is earned and never trust a fool with your money.
Of course, Neal Cassady was no Proust — he was a loquacious fool with a madness for living.
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