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The phrase "a very foolish thing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action or decision that is considered unwise or lacking in good judgment.
Example: "Deciding to invest all his savings in a risky venture was a very foolish thing to do."
Alternatives: "a complete mistake" or "a silly decision".
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To upset a Whovian is a very foolish thing.
"In the case of some serious illness, that's a very foolish thing to do," Phillips says.
Ilves was confident Nato would come to Estonia's defence in the event of any military offensive, which he warned would be "a very foolish thing to do".
"That would have been totally against policy and it would have been a very foolish thing for somebody to make that sort of mistake".
His coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, warned that a shift to the right would be "a very foolish thing" for both the country and the Conservative Party.
"I put all my eggs in one basket, and that was a very foolish thing to do". The Energy Bank, meanwhile, contracted something of a lending fever.
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No illusions on my part — they're pitching a case, always; and while I've heard some smart things from people with a role in real-world decisions, I've also heard a lot of very foolish things said by alleged wise men.
He offended a lot of people, did some very foolish things and was murdered in public, in a very brutal way.
The humans in the script do plenty of very foolish things and she loves showing up their foolishness".
Like most humans, most of the time, they did some very foolish things.
"The John Spano of today is different from the man who made these offenses," said Spano's lawyer, Nicholas Gravante Jr. "He realizes he did some very foolish things".
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