дура дурой

• ДУРАК ДУРАКОМ <ДУРА ДУРОЙ> coll

[NP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula (subj: human); fixed WO]

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1. a very stupid person:

- complete (utter, prize) fool;

- complete (first-class) idiot.

     ♦ "Да, - проговорил он, ни на кого не глядя, - беда пожить этак годков пять в деревне, в отдалении от великих умов!.. Дурак дураком станешь" (Тургенев 2). "Yes," he said, without looking at anyone, "what a calamity it is to have spent five years in the country like this, far from the mighty intellects! One becomes a complete fool" (2c).

2. a person who ends up appearing stupid or foolish:

- (one) makes a (real) fool of o.s.;

- (one) looks like a (real) fool;

- (one) makes an ass of o.s.

     ♦ "...Меня опять обвели вокруг пальца, и я опять дурак дураком, второй раз за этот день..." (Стругацкие 1). "...Icame out looking like an ass again, a real fool for the second time today" (1a).