A co worker referred to someone as being “daft as a brush" implying they are really silly. It got me thinking what the orgins of this phrase are. Was one brush so daft looking or was it about a certain Victorian chimney sweeper who had an unfortunate incident on his first day? Or could brush mean tail then it would be a reference to foxes maybe made by rich toffs riding on horseback with foxhounds leading the chase.
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