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hiding behind the door when the brains were handed out adjective

Not notably astute

Origin

Paul Hogan’s 1976 narration of Prokofiev’s Peter and the wolf. From the line: ”And the Duck, who’d been hiding behind the door when the brains were handed out…”

Collected by

M & N – 1980s
Mark & Naomi

Submitted: 06/07/2021 by Mark ● Last updated: 28/01/2022 16:36 by Mark

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