Sentence examples of "foolish" in English
How foolish I was not to discover that simple lie!
Wie dumm ich war, diese einfache Lüge nicht zu entdecken!
It's foolish for you to swim when it's this cold.
Es ist dumm von dir zu schwimmen, wenn es so kalt ist.
If you do such a foolish thing, people will laugh at you.
Wenn du soetwas dummes machst wird man dich auslachen.
It would be foolish, not to say mad, to do such a thing.
Es wäre dumm, um nicht zu sagen verrückt, so etwas zu machen.
The wise man provides for the future, the foolish man ends up with nothing.
Der Kluge baut vor, der Dumme hat das Nachsehen.
His foolish proposal was approved unanimously.
Sein idiotischer Vorschlag wurde einstimmig angenommen.
In examinations the foolish ask question that the wise cannot answer.
Bei Untersuchungen stellen die Narren Fragen, die die Weisen nicht beantworten können.
The more foolish a child is, the cuter he seems to his parents.
Je alberner ein Kind ist, um so goldiger erscheint es seinen Eltern.
It is foolish of you to build a castle in the air while forgetting to drive in pilings for its foundation.
Es ist töricht von dir, ein Luftschloss zu bauen und dabei zu vergessen, Pfähle für das Fundament einzurammen.
There was a feeling of constraint in the room; no one dared to tell the king how foolish his decision was.
Im Raum war eine zurückhaltende Stimmung; niemand wagte, dem König zu sagen, wie unklug seine Entscheidung war.
It is my fear that in an understandable but foolish wish for the European Union to have its own defence capability, politicians are forging ahead with plans that are at best wishful thoughts, and at worst dangerous.
Ich befürchte, dass die Politiker in dem verständlichen, aber törichten Bestreben, eine eigene Verteidigungskapazität für die Europäische Union zu schaffen, Pläne vorantreiben, die bestenfalls Wunschgedanken und schlimmstenfalls gefährlich sind.
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