Burns and Fools

Burns

Burns noun - Celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796).

Fools and burns are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fools" instead a verb "Burns".

Fools

Definitions of Burns not found.

Burns and fools are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burns" instead a verb "Fools".

Both words in one sentence

  • Fools Of Fortune: The protagonist finally meets the man who murdered his family and burns down his village.
  • Bucket Booby-Trap In a rare turning of the tables, Frank Burns does this to Hawkeye in the M*A*S*H episode "Showtime", while Hawkeye himself rigs one of these for a visiting colonel in "April Fools".
  • Stealth Insult aka: Backhanded Compliment Carrot Ironfounderson is either a deft master at this trope, or a sincerely well-meaning speaker who only accidentally says things like "If it [the Fools' Guild] burns to the ground, it'll be a blow for entertainment in this city."
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