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The phrase "a foolish idea" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a suggestion or thought that lacks wisdom or practicality.
Example: "Proposing to invest all our savings in a single venture is truly a foolish idea."
Alternatives: "a silly notion" or "a misguided thought."
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Yet it is not a foolish idea.
But in hindsight the farm was a foolish idea.
"We cannot help laughing at such a foolish idea," it said.
It is a foolish idea, no doubt, but it passes the time pleasantly".
Without being a Christian, I can see that this is a foolish idea.
This idea, that history is a horse that can be held by the tail, is a foolish idea.
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In retrospect, getting into a car with him could have turned out to be a very foolish idea, but it was apparent that we were in no state of mind to make appropriate decisions.
McG It began as a very foolish idea.
But it's a cruel, foolish idea — cruel in the case of Social Security, foolish in the case of Medicare — and we shouldn't let it eat our brains.
Otherwise, the only room he leaves to the right of Mr. Obama's policy is to wage war on Iran — a catastrophically foolish idea that most Americans recognize as folly.
But before I get to the pondering, I will take a moment to point out that I am aware a number of people who used to be what we might call friends of mine now simply read this blog, having entirely abandoned any foolish ideas about phoning me at home for a chat, or actually meeting to do something human.
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