- English translation
As clueless as a bull in a clover field.
- Literal wording
Like God's bull in its clover.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying compares a person to a bull standing in a field of clover, the fodder that livestock feed on. The comparison casts that person as no wiser than a farm animal about the matters that concern them.
Its target is foolishness and naivety: someone easily taken in, who grasps little about their own situation and fails to notice what is going on around them.
- When it is used
Use it to mock someone who seems ignorant of their own business and blind to what is happening around them. It suits informal, teasing, or critical talk about a person rather than polite address. It is disparaging and can land as a genuine insult when aimed at someone present.
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