time.
L
AMEBRAIN
A foolish person, a slow thinker (very informal)
The lamebrains in the marketing department continually make mistakes.
M
OANING
M
INNIE
A person who complains a lot about insignificant things.
Oh, stop being a Moaning Minnie! Just concentrate on your homework.
S
MART COOKIE
Somebody who has got a strong personality or who is quite smart.
Katie is such a smart cookie, she can make any project a success.
Just give him any particular problem, he’ll get it sorted out in no time at all. He’s a real smart
cookie.
W
ET BLANKET
A person who ruins other people’s fun by staying pessimistic and complaining
all the time.
Katie is so negative about everything, she is such a wet blanket.
C
HATTERBOX
A person who talks a lot
My son always gets detentions in school for talking in class, he is such a chatterbox.
C
RANK
A person whose behaviour or way of life is regarded as strange. We can also
say an oddball/fish/bird or a weirdo (very informal).
Peter never eats green vegetables, he thinks they make him sleepy. Heissuch a crank!
R
OLLING STONE
A person who moves from place to place, job to job, without staying anywhere
long
My brother was a rolling stone until he met his wife.
R
OUGH DIAMOND
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