阿あ呆ほうの話はなし食ぐい

expression

an idiot will swallow anything; an idiot will believe anything they hear; fools act without thinking

Rare idiomatic expression meaning that foolish people uncritically accept or act on whatever they are told. The phrase is not in common modern use.

• 「阿あ呆ほうの話はなし食ぐい」ということわざは、愚おろか者ものが何なんでも信しんじ込こむことを戒いましめている。

  The proverb 'an idiot will swallow anything' warns that fools believe everything they hear.