I mean, I understand what it means (we have the same "bĂȘte comme ses pieds" in French), but as for which reason could motivate you posting a thread with this title and asking this very question to me, I'm afraid no, I have no clue.
I'm listening to an Audio Book, and someone said, "bĂȘte comme ses pieds" (well I don't really remember, but what you said sounds good). Then an Australian who was able to translate it, said, "Dumb as my feet?", not knowing what that meant. Then a French person said it was an insult. So, I was checkin' with you to see if that was true. đ
Well, it is! I hadn't realized you haven't this idiomatic sentence in English. It's indeed an insult in French. But not something you can throw at the face of someone when you're angry - more something that you can condescendingly say when speaking to someone about someone else that typically isn't here to hear that. Even then it's not super frequent.
I mean, I understand what it means (we have the same "bĂȘte comme ses pieds" in French), but as for which reason could motivate you posting a thread with this title and asking this very question to me, I'm afraid no, I have no clue.