silly thing

collocation in English

meaningsofsillyandthing

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silly
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪl.i/us
/ˈsɪl.i/
showing little thought ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofsillyandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsilly thing

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Even from the lowest and meanest point of view it was asillythingto do.
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That seems an extremelysillythingto do.
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Oh, we would not do asillythinglike that.
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That is a verysillythingto say.
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This is the mostsillythingthat we have had so far.
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He simply lengthens the odds against himself, which is a prettysillythingto do.
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And what asillythingto offer this miserable rate, which is the lowest possible rate!
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That is a verysillythingto do.
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Well, we would not introduce thesillything.
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It really is asillythingto say.
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But what asillythingfor us not to continue to do as we have done!
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I was not suggesting such asillythingas that.
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We have done thesillythingof spending what we have not got for several years.
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It would be a verysillythingto put on the statute book.
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It is a verysillythingto do.
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That would be an obviouslysillythingto say.
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That is a mostsillything; it is so artificial.
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I believe that it has been asillythingto do.
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I'd like to know who was likely to say such asillything.
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It is, in principle, a verysillythingto do.
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