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there are no stupid questions

there are no stupid questions is the alternative form of there's no such thing as a stupid question.

Meaning of there's no such thing as a stupid question

Phrase

there's no such thing as a stupid question

  1. Used to encourage people to seek knowledge by asking questions, no matter how silly the questions may appear to be.
    • a 1992, Nancy Purtil, letter quoted in When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth?, David Feldman
      The general feeling is that, while there is no such thing as a stupid question, this one comes very close. Poodles never did live in the wild […] .

Questions about there are no stupid questions

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There are no stupid questions is the alternative form of there's no such thing as a stupid question.

Words near there are no stupid questions in the dictionary

  1. there are
  2. there are bad apples in every orchard
  3. there are many ways to skin a cat
  4. there are more horses' asses than horses
  5. there are no atheists in foxholes
  6. there are no stupid questions
  7. there are none so blind as those who will not see
  8. there are none so deaf as those who will not hear
  9. there are plenty more fish in the sea
  10. there are plenty more pebbles on the beach
  11. there are plenty of fish in the sea

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