медный лоб

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Russian

Etymology

Calque of French front d'airain.

Compare typologically English brazen-faced, brass, bronze.

Pronunciation

Noun

ме́дный ло́б (médnyj lóbm anim (genitive ме́дного лба́, nominative plural ме́дные лбы́, genitive plural ме́дных лбо́в)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) dunderhead

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